He is a patriot
How does anyone say that with a straight face? What a terrible joke.
But they'll probably get him in the chair after enough rounds of voting. I'd never put my money on the strength of character of house Republicans.
You didn’t know? Only the most patriotic Americans would support the violent overthrow of a democratically elected government.
Clearly.
(That's only true when they succeed, of course.)
It's Elise Stefanik saying that, she's a Trump humping opportunist, she couldn't give AF if Jordan had raped wrestlers at Ohio State himself, she would still use doublespeak to prop Jordan up as something he's absolutely not.
These fucking people don't know what a patriot is and don't care at all about anything that doesn't affect them.
America First is a literal Nazi slogan.
You gotta keep going with the quote:
He is a patriot, an America First warrior
Fascist Representative Elise Stafanik was specifically praising Jim Jordan's NAZI bona-fides.
He was literally one of the central people in the coup attempt
Jim Jordan is a joke of a man.
The word is now a dog whistle. Patriot means fascist-loving, liberal-hating, bootlicking asshole.
Stefanik is a quack qtard
He is a patriot
He's an insurrectionist. That's what he is.
He's a tireless advocate for coaches who molest their student athletes.
Seems like a common theme for these far-right nutjobs.
Not if we let the GOP write the history books. Vote as if the future of our nation depends on it, because it absolutely does.
He got 200 votes the first round. Jeffries got 212 (all the democrats). 20 republicans voted for someone else.
Then he lost and the other guy is speaker why is there even going be more voting.
Majority is 217 votes and nobody got that many. Jefferies was closest at 212.
How much to buy 5 republican votes? Can we crowd fund it? It would be hilarious if Jeffries won.
If, and a big if that happened, the rule that one vote to remove a Speaker is still there, and the GOP would waste not even a minute invoking it. Mainly because it would probably be undone soon after a Democrat gets the position.
That doesn’t really represent what happened though.
No one got enough votes. They need 217.
What a piece of shit.
You mean child molester Gym Jordan?
To be fair, he did not do the molesting. He just did absolutely nothing about it when it was brought to his attention a dozen times.
Jordan looked at all the embarrassment that McCarthy went through in his vote, and decided "yeah, I want some of that!"
The current Republican Party is the weakest least qualified group of politicians I have seen in my lifetime. They would be better of setting up a clown show.
They would be better of setting up a clown show.
That's exactly what they've done
Wow what a shock that a man who covered up the rape of kids at his school didn’t get elected to the third most important position in American politics.
Sadly that wouldn't be the worst Republican speaker we've had.
Hastert was a child rapist, not just an enabler.
Was Hastert also a literal NAZI?
Not that I know of. Is Jordan? I thought that was Scalise.
Is Jordan?
You're kidding, right? He already participated in a fascist coup attempt. The Elise Stefanik quote at the top of this thread is praising how much of a NAZI he is (in case you didn't know, "America First" has been a slogan used by American fascists since WWII).
I can't keep up with all the awful shit every Republican is up to these days. I kind of stopped reading his rap sheet at pedophile enabler
That's fair, although I do think it's worth keeping up with the Republican NAZI count just to gauge how fast we're speedrunning the Weimar Republic.
I assure you, as depressing as it is, that fact is probably irrelevant to this decision.
It may have got him more votes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert#Sex_abuse_scandal_and_federal_prosecution
All the craziness aside, he has never sponsored a bill that passed. He is simply bad at his job.
Good, FTG! Piece of shit only elected because of that sweet gerrymandered district.
Republicans who control the chamber
That's a generous statement
No mention of who Matt Gaetz voted for. Journalists should be keeping track of what he's doing to solve the problem he created.
One journalist said something about him looking like a dog who was busy sniffing his own farts.
Gaetz was one of Gym's defenders back in 2018 when he was eyballing the house speakership on Paul Ryan's way out.
So it wouldn't surprise me if Gaetz is lining to volunteer for some of the ol' Ohio State locker room routine.
18 against so far, I think 4 more haven't voted yet. Can only afford to lose 4 so I gotta think there are 4 hardened never-Jordans among the 18-22 opposed.
Until they get bribed, like McCarthy bribed those voting against him.
McCarthy only had to bribe MAGAnauts, though, and they only believe in personal profit. Jordan has to bribe members of the establishment, and some of them actually believe in the rule of law.
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