Republicans Meeting Privately To Decide Whether To Let Jordon Continue His Quest

[Kathianne]

If it's possible to make Gaetz & Co martyrs, fing stop it, NOW!

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/house-speaker-conference-race-jordan-gop-third-vote


House Republicans huddle to decide whether to keep Jordan as speaker nomineeHouse Republicans are huddling behind closed doors to figure out a path forward after Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, lost even more support for his House speaker bid in a third-round House vote.


GOP lawmakers are still in disarray more than two weeks after ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was ousted.


They are now expected to hold a closed-door vote on whether Jordan will remain Republicans' speaker-designate.


Twenty-five Republicans voted for someone other than Jordan. Three people who had voted for Jordan in previous rounds switched their votes against him: Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Marc Molinaro, R-N.Y., and Thomas Kean, R-N.J.


Molinaro told reporters ahead of the vote that he would not be supporting Jordan now.


"It is not my intention to do so today. That doesn't mean that I've closed the door entirely," Molinaro said about voting for Jordan.


"We had hoped, and I had worked with Congressman Jordan, to try to unify the conference. We are not unified. Opposition is entrenched. There is a level of anger and violence, threats of violence that are unacceptable. The best approach is to go back into our room and try to coalesce around a conservative candidate who can lead not only our conference, but Congress.," Molinaro said.

[Gunny]

Fing ridiculous.:rolleyes:

They aren't martyrs. They're losers. Or is "martyr" the new term for f-ing your own party instead of the other one?

[Kathianne]

Fing ridiculous.:rolleyes:

They aren't martyrs. They're losers. Or is "martyr" the new term for f-ing your own party instead of the other one?

I've always been amazed at how the Dems treat their followers like idiots, especially people of color. Gaetz & Co are determined to outdo the Dems in this one play I guess?

[hjmick]

Jordon is done.

Just breaking on CNN...


Are there any adults that can give these morons a "time out?"

[Kathianne]

If it's possible to make Gaetz & Co martyrs, fing stop it, NOW!

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/house-speaker-conference-race-jordan-gop-third-vote


https://hotair.com/headlines/2023/10/20/auto-draft-917-n586484


BREAKING: Jordan Loses Secret Ballot, No Longer GOP Nominee for Speaker
JAKE SHERMAN, CHAD PERGRAM 2:02 PM on October 20, 2023

MORE:


https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1715427167310385381

[Kathianne]

More:

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/house-speaker-conference-race-jordan-gop-third-vote


LIVE NEWSLast Update October 20, 2023 02:09pm ET
Jordan ousted by House GOP as speaker nominee after failed third vote
Rep. Jim Jordan has been removed as the speaker nominee for Republicans after he lost a third vote of the House speaker's race on Friday.

BREAKING NEWS7 min(s) ago
House Republicans vote to drop Jordan as speaker nominee after failed bids
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, arrives for a meeting with Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, after he failed on a third ballot for the House speaker's gavel. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


The House GOP conference on Friday voted to drop Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan as its speaker nominee after a third defeat in floor-wide votes earlier today.


Sources told Fox News Digital that the conference had voted to remove Jordan as the nominee in a closed-door meeting.


Jordan had even more Republicans vote against him in the third round of voting for the House speaker's gavel on Friday.


25 Republicans voted against Jordan, giving him just 194 votes -- far short of the approximately 217 he would need to win the speaker's race. It's his lowest total so far in the three ballots.


Jordan had previously indicated he was ready to push for votes through the weekend in an effort to secure the gavel.


"Our plan this weekend is to get a speaker elected to the House of Representatives soon as possible, so we can help the American people," Jordan told reporters.


He called on Congress to "get to work" and cited the crisis in the Middle East as well as the looming government funding deadline on Nov. 17.


It is unclear what the next steps will be for the conference. Some lawmakers had backed the idea of empowering Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry.


Fox asked specifically about the resolution by Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, to temporarily empower acting Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry as elected Speaker Pro Tempore for a fixed period


.“I think we need to go through at least one more name (of a candidate) before that,” said one senior GOP source to Fox News.

[SassyLady]

Yep ... just more stupidity from GOP.

[Kathianne]

Yep ... just more stupidity from GOP.

Cutting loses, was going down and shockingly they decided to pull that plug.

[SassyLady]

Cutting loses, was going down and shockingly they decided to pull that plug.

Deep State really wants their war money. Under a temp speaker they can pass the funding bill. They knew it wouldn't pass under Jordan as it was presented.

[Kathianne]

Deep State really wants their war money. Under a temp speaker they can pass the funding bill. They knew it wouldn't pass under Jordan as it was presented.

There you go. It's a great conspiracy with Matt Gaetz leading his merry band to screw Jordan.

[SassyLady]

There you go. It's a great conspiracy with Matt Gaetz leading his merry band to screw Jordan.

How did he screw jordan? He took McCarthy out because he was doing backroom deals on funding Ukraine.

[Kathianne]

How did he screw jordan? He took McCarthy out because he was doing backroom deals on funding Ukraine.

Well that really worked out well now, did it not? More money than approved heading all over the place. Instead of a legislature doing what they are supposed to, internecine fighting set in motion by your freedom fighters left Biden leading to WWIII. But heh, war tends to clean the slate.

[Kathianne]

Leaks, Gaetz is still in party, his offer to leave went unanswered.

Jordan didn't get 100 votes for him to persevere. Thus he's done.