Speaker of the House is Vacated - What Next?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by UsualName, Oct 3, 2023.

  1. Mercor

    Mercor

    I figure these threats come from left radicals...to get headlines like the one you posted
     
    #231     Oct 19, 2023
  2. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Quite the fantasy you have there. This is how authoritarians operate. The MAGA crowd is very reminiscent of the brown shirts in Germany in the 1930s.

    At this point it is very clear that Jim Jordan is coordinating a campaign to intimidate and abuse any GOP representatives who do not vote for him. The campaign has backfired badly as Jordan loses more votes in each round of voting.

    Jim Jordan’s allies tried strong-arming his GOP critics. It backfired.
    “The one thing that will never work with me — if you try to pressure me, if you try to threaten me, then I shut off,” GOP Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart said.
    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/17/conservative-pressure-jordan-speaker-bid-00122089
     
    #232     Oct 19, 2023
  3. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Jordan won’t seek third speaker vote, allowing House to empower interim speaker
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/19/house-speaker-vote-live/

    Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will not seek an additional speaker vote Thursday, and he will back a plan to give Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.), the temporary speaker, additional powers, according to multiple people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the situation. After two rounds of votes, a group of Republicans had made clear that Jordan did not have enough support to win the speaker’s gavel. With House functions at a standstill, lawmakers can now move forward on a proposal to expand McHenry’s powers.

    Key updates:
     
    #233     Oct 19, 2023
  4. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    #234     Oct 19, 2023
  5. exGOPer

    exGOPer

    How about you stay on topic, keep rants away.
     
    #235     Oct 19, 2023
  6. exGOPer

    exGOPer

    Yesterday, I voted to support Jim Jordan’s candidacy for Speaker of the House. I voted for Jim Jordan for the greater good of the House Republican party, based on our Conference meeting and the test Speaker ballot that was cast earlier this week.

    However, after one round of votes, with my support, he was not able to secure enough votes for the Speaker nomination and my initial concerns about threatening tactics of Jim Jordan’s supporters, including from members of Congress, increased despite assurances.

    Today, it became abundantly clear early in the roll call vote, that Jim Jordan still did not have the votes necessary to become Speaker. Given the concerns I had before any vote and the ability of the speaker designee to unify the conference, I voted in support of Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger to serve as Speaker of the House. I voted for Chairwoman Granger because she has demonstrated great leadership this year by bringing forth, and passing, fiscally responsible, single-subject appropriations bills and is a staunch conservative.

    However, since my vote in support of Chairwoman Granger, I have received credible death threats and a barrage of threatening calls. The proper authorities have been notified and my office is cooperating fully.

    https://millermeeks.house.gov/media...eeks-statement-speaker-vote-and-death-threats

    Republican says he got death threats, its the left's fault.
     
    #236     Oct 19, 2023
  7. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    Your mistake was to ever expect anything less from MAGAtard logic.
     
    #237     Oct 19, 2023
  8. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    How about you, Tony, and M.W. go join your buddies in the Hamas.
     
    #238     Oct 19, 2023
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  9. Jordan suspends bid for US House speaker, backs McHenry - lawmaker
     
    #239     Oct 19, 2023
  10. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Halloween-Jim-Jordan.jpg
     
    #240     Oct 19, 2023