The Jordan vote should not be covered as an exciting horserace

[senseandsensibility]

As I've been saying for the past few days, don't count on the "moderates" repugs to save us. He'll probably win.

But the horserace is not the issue. His views are. He's an insurrectionist who doesn't believe Biden won and defied a lawful summons from a congressional committee. He has info about the coup attempt that he refuses to share. And he is cheato's handmaiden.

If he wins he'll be in a position of enormous power. That's what the media should be concentrating on. But he is being normalized before our eyes.

[Walleye]

1. Republicans who vote for Jordan are giving up their power as a legislative body to Donald Trump

[FalloutShelter]

2. The coup continues.

[Walleye]

3. Exactly

[Bluethroughu]

4. This is it people!

They are gonna fuck this country up.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. There is no upside for the GOP on this vote

win or lose. They elect a liability, or they search for the next one.

[senseandsensibility]

6. It's an increase in the power of

the far, far right, and to them, that's a win. That power can be used to do a lot of damage.

[yorkster]

7. Sickening as it is, I think it's important that it be publicly witnessed.

So, I will watch, dammit.

[senseandsensibility]

8. Oh, I'm not criticizing people who watch

but the average viewer is not getting the full picture of how dangerous this is.

[yorkster]

12. You're right about that. It's a real threat.

No problem - didn't see your post as criticism .

[SWBTATTReg]

9. But having power and using it are two different things. I, IMHO, think when and if scumbag gym

gets this slot, it'll be by the skin of his teeth and then he's going to be in the spotlight, a harsh light indeed to be in, where one must be fully competent and not be an idiot. I suspect that the 'being an idiot' is the one that he'll fall into, and that he's not going to have much luck in the position.

He can't even run a basketball team w/o people complaining about him and his so-called professionalism to the 'team', look how he failed his basketball team and the young men of his team. He sure denied ever being in a position where he could do something about the abuse, but I disagree, from what I read from the boys themselves. I agree w/ the boys that they told him about the abuse and he ignored it. He wanted to protect the game at OSU and thus ignored the boys. Where have we all heard stories or excuses like this at other college sports teams across the Country?

Don't award this scumbag.

[senseandsensibility]

11. The media is already normalizing him

To me, that's very dangerous.

[Ms. Toad]

10. It's a Jordan v. Jeffries vote, not just a Jordan vote.

I'm hoping saner voices prevail and Jeffries will be elected.

[pwb]

13. Trump called them fake news so much they said fuck it.

Let's be fake. We can see all through it all though. I can't watch anymore. I catch the highlights on You Tube. Less ratings for the crap they present us with.