With a stampede develping against him…..
Republican House member Jim Jordan gives up……
McCarthy’s choice to succeed him seems to be in line for being voting US House Speaker…..
Democrats are on board…
(I’m sure there ARE some quiet deal’s with Democratic leader Jeffries)
At least for the near future….
It seems as if reality is finally beginning to creep into Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) orbit.
Over back-to-back days, the Ohio Republican suffered humiliating defeats on the House floor in his bid for the speaker’s gavel. On Tuesday, 20 GOP lawmakers voted against Jordan. A day later, he lost 22 Republican votes.
Put simply, the votes aren’t moving toward Jordan, they’re moving away from him. He has no path to the speaker’s chair — and most Republicans understand that. In fact, there are many in Jordan’s circle who have taken to asking reporters what the Ohio Republican is thinking by staying in the race.
Here are a few things we’ve picked up on during the last few days that could become the off-ramp for Jordan’s faltering speaker bid.
First, Jordan met privately in the Capitol on Wednesday with former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry. They’re in close contact and, to the extent Jordan has a strategy, McCarthy and McHenry are somewhat read into it.
Jordan hates to lose. His entire brand is wrapped up in fighting liberals and being a winner. That’s why Jordan doesn’t want to go through a third roll-call vote on the floor, especially when he could lose even more votes, according to more than a half-dozen sources involved in the talks. Jordan’s office denies this, saying he plans to move forward with trying to become speaker.
But at the same time, House Republican leaders feel as if they can no longer hold back members who want to elect McHenry speaker pro tem for the next roughly 80 days. These GOP lawmakers are desperate to get back to work after more than two weeks of humiliating Republican infighting that has cost them one speaker already.
This resolution — penned by Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) — would likely pass overwhelmingly. House Democrats have signaled they’ll vote for it. GOP leadership sources tell us they believe a majority of House Republicans would too…..
image…NY Times
Per PoliticalWire…
Jordan is now going for a third vote as Scalise and Emmer are opposed to the temporary Speaker gambit because they would have to depend on Democratic votes to pass it.
MAGA wants none of that!
But remember ,according to Republicans , this is all the Democrats fault!
The mind of a Republican is certainly something to behold!
Yes Jack….
Post coming…..
The Republicans are Playing Uno, Reverse and Reverse again…Uno…
I think the centrist wing will eventually cave and give in to MAGA…that has happened the last 15 years, why is it going to change now?
I don’t think so Bdog…..
I think the anti-Jordan vote INCREASES….
Remember a Jordan Speakership means NO legislation from Congress…..