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Pretty sure the resolution would require the whole house to vote, presumably Bacon and Co + Dems means that's a fruitless endeavor for the Jordan dead-enders.

The strategy is sort of hard to suss out imo because he doesn't care about winning this election or becoming Speaker.... he cares about being a martyr standing up to the "evil establishment". All the failure with Rs in tough districts (ie. the NYers, Bacon, etc.) and with R Appropriators (Granger, Simpson, Womack) all helps fill his narrative, which is the content that energizes the types of Republicans that Jordan caters to.

We've reached the "order Panera and yell at each other" portion of the day

To be honest, while I don't think it is likely, I wouldn't be totally surprised if this happens.... if one gathers that Jordan is trying to make himself into a martyr, one way for that to happen is for Jeffries to be elected by fluke because he was "failed" by the "evil Establishment"

Yeah, the whole "Jordan is gonna keep the whole Congress in session all weekend" idea falls apart the moment that (if my math is correct) three GOP members join Derrick Van Orden in being somewhere else all weekend.

There ya go, good ol' fashioned victim blaming.

It honestly amazes me it's taken even this long for there to be more coverage of how normalized this is within the Republican Party in particular.... especially since Trump came into play, this has always been a feature, although we're now seeing real world consequences of it for these holdouts.

Just FYI, one Republican member (Derrick Van Orden) is out of country now in Israel.... so Jimmy's already down a vote there.

That last statement really cuts to why he'd be a disaster as leader.... there are simply things that you have to do in that role that involve coordination with the other party, and he's completely and utterly incapable of being that person. McCarthy, by contrast, was capable but part of his undoing (and why the Dems didn't save him) is because he breached trust too many times.

Jordan's fans put the "offensive" in "charm offensive"

lol

This was from yesterday but still applies... one thing this Congress has proven is that the GOP cannot count votes to save its life lol

I like how, a few days ago, Jordan and his allies were messaging that they needed to elect Jim Jordan to get back to the work of the American people. Yet, according to CNN just now, they are working to kill a resolution (empowering McHenry) that would actually accomplish that. It's almost like it's not about functioning government and more about giving Jordan power.

I gotta believe that he'd probably lose a few more with another ballot if they went ahead and voted again.

MMM for Kay Granger, who unironically would be a pretty good Speaker.

Haha Johnny B gets a vote!!!

Losing John James here seems like a really big deal, the Jordan people were making a huge deal out of courting him.

The last 24 hours on this story is a good reminder that maybe we should wait for some actual corroboration before jumping to conclusions or taking Hamas at their word. Is that too much to ask for?

Absolutely....

It's a cliche as old as time, but when you're a hammer, everything's a nail.... and he (and his allies) basically went for the hammer as his first move to whip votes for today. Maybe he's able to win a handful back, maybe a couple of them voted symbolically today because they hated the process that led us here... but he may lose some votes as well, especially if there are members are convinced his thesis (ie. "vote for me because I'm the only one who can get 217) is now trash and now have a permission structure to go against him accordingly.

Looking to put "Jordan as Speaker" to rest lol

I have no love for Scalise, but he's totally justified here... pretty obvious that Jordan worked behind the scenes to kneecap him

This is catastrophic for Jordan... catastrophic