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  • Jim Jordan fails to win the speakership on first ballot

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 17 18:21:08 2023
    Idaho Statesman
    As Fulcher, Simpson consider speaker vote on Jordan, consider his many
    past betrayals | Opinion


    CNN
    Jim Jordan fails to win the speakership on first ballot


    The New York Times
    Opinion | The Apotheosis of Jim Jordan Is a Sight to Behold

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 17 18:31:39 2023
    Rep. Ken Buck: "I am concerned that Congressman Jordan has not agreed
    to say that Donald Trump lost the election and Joe Biden won the
    election."

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 18 06:21:56 2023
    House speakership up in air as resistance to Jim Jordan hardens

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 18 11:48:21 2023
    NBC News confirms: Before Jim Jordan's first defeat, the wife of
    Republican Rep. Don Bacon received anonymous messages warning him to
    back Jordan's speakership bid or risk being ousted.

    One message: "Your husband will not hold any political office ever
    again. Your husband will not hold any political office ever again.
    What a disappoint [sic] and failure he is."

    Another: "Why is your husband causing chaos by not supporting Jim
    Jordan, I thought he was a team player."


    https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1714647614497378436

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 18 11:33:49 2023
    In Opinion

    "Eventually, one assumes, a new speaker will emerge," Michelle Cottle
    writes. "But the entire circus has already laid bare the dark flaw at
    the heart of this Congress: The Republican conference is failing as a democratic entity."

    https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1714667675933405230

    MyNote - I wonder if someone else is pulling strings here...?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 18 20:24:13 2023
    Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker

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  • From rdh@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Oct 19 09:58:17 2023
    On 10/18/23 11:33, JAB wrote:
    "Eventually, one assumes, a new speaker will emerge," Michelle Cottle
    writes. "But the entire circus has already laid bare the dark flaw at
    the heart of this Congress: The Republican conference is failing as a democratic entity."


    I heard it put quite succinctly, there are a number of Republican congresspeople who aren't interested in passing laws or governing,
    they're only there to make noise.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to rdh on Thu Oct 19 10:08:37 2023
    On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:58:17 -0500, rdh <rdh@tilde.institute> wrote:

    there are a number of Republican congresspeople who aren't
    interested in passing laws or governing,
    they're only there to make noise.

    I don't know if there is a motive here, like screw Biden.

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