Senior House Republican says GOP members ready to block Jordan

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

Updated 11:54 AM EDT, Sun October 15, 2023


CNN — A number of House Republicans are in talks to block Rep. Jim Jordan’s path to the speakership as the Ohio Republican tries to force a floor vote on Tuesday, according to multiple GOP sources.

One senior Republican House member who is part of the opposition to Jordan told CNN that there he believes there are roughly 40 “no” votes, and that he has personally spoken to 20 members who are willing to go to the floor and block Jordan’s path if the Ohio Republican forces a roll-call vote on Tuesday.

“The approximately 20 I’ve talked to know we must be prepared,” the member said. “We cannot let the small group dictate to the whole group. They want a minority of the majority to dictate and as a red-blooded American I refuse to be a victim.”

But another GOP source familiar with the matter said that Jordan has had positive conversations with members and believes by Tuesday evening he will be elected speaker of the House. The House is expected to hold a vote for the next speaker on Tuesday at noon, according to an email from House Minority Whip Katherine Clark obtained by CNN. The GOP source said that Jordan may decide to go to multiple ballots on the floor if necessary. Republicans are expected to meet behind closed doors Monday evening.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/15/politics/jim-jordan-house-republicans-speaker/index.html

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Hope it's true.

[pazzyanne]

7. My first thought as well. nt

[Evolve Dammit]

2. He is an insurrectionist, coup plotter and participant. Fuck him all ways possible. nt

[keithbvadu2]

3. 'multiple ballots' - That sounds familiar

[Rebl2]

4. Hope that

is true and they hold strong and don’t give in.

[T_A]

5. Hope The Dems Don't Make A Deal

to keep McHenry in power. I'd rather see the Repubs get desperate and have to make a deal with Jeffries.

[ColinC]

27. Any deal democrats make would likely give them some decent power

Which is why I doubt there will be any deal made

[harun]

39. Democrats shouldn't negotiate with Extremists.

[ColinC]

43. So you are saying that if the opportunity presents itself to keep extremists out of power

That Democrats should simply let the extremists stay in power?

[harun]

44. We have no house speaker, hence no one is in power.

[ColinC]

46. Republicans are in power

They choose to use that power by not electing a speaker.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

40. Any deal is writ on water

Democrats can't trust any promises from a traitor thug. They are all liars, and never keep their word to Democrats.

The only answer to a traitor thug proffer of a deal needs to be this:

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. Wonder how the 2nd installment of the Republican House Speaker show will go?

"We're on ballot # 65, as fights are now breaking out amongst the Republican caucus. MTG and Boebert provided the fiercest brawl of this round."

[Talitha]

8. "We cannot let the small group dictate to the whole group."

Good, they're finally saying it out loud!

Only way to beat the bullies is to stand up to them.

[slightlv]

25. My thought when I read that line was

"Welcome to MY world!" Seems like even when they're in the Minority, they rule FROM the Minority! And I'm damned tired of it! Ya think they might take that feeling they're feeling and extrapolate to others? Nah.... never happen. They don't know the meaning of the word "empathy," and whatever they can glean from it, they're diametrically opposed to it.

[Think. Again.]

9. The only republican plan...

...is to keep our nation's government inoperable for as long as possible, at least until November 2024.

[erronis]

14. Yup. The rest of this is just games and chuckles to them.

[Comfortably_Numb]

10. Another repugnant speaker of the house buried in a wrestler sex scandal. Fuck all the way off Gym.

[TheRickles]

12. At least that scandal is going national now. Sports Illustrated had a detailed article this week.

https://www.si.com/college/2023/10/13/jim-jordan-speaker-candidacy-roils-osu-wrestling-community#:~:text=The%20Ohio%20representative%20has%20been,doing%20nothing%20to%20stop%20him.&text=They%20came%20from%20the%20cities,and%20races%20and%20body%20types.|

[Comfortably_Numb]

13. It has to Rickles. There has to be a moment where this despicable pig is held to account.

I hope that the Clooney documentary will bury the jackoff for good.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

41. At the website for Clooney's production co

I didn't even see that documentary listed in their works in any stage of production. That was about 6 months ago.

Sounds like an abandoned project to me.

[liberalla]

35. Great article. Someone needs to pass it on to Nancy Mace so

she can familiarize herself with Jordan's history of protecting a sexual predator and abuser (and so she can't play dumb the next time she's asked about it).

Thanks for that link!

[TheRickles]

37. You're welcome. Great idea to contact her directly. Here's the link to her office (below):

https://mace.house.gov/how-are-we-doing|

Actually, it turns out that this link only sends your contact info to her office. I'm assuming they'll now email me to find out what was on my mind. The site also gives phone #'s for her offices in DC and SC, for more direct messaging.

And Sports Illustrated is a very mainstream magazine that I'm guessing is read by many MAGAs because it covers the whole range of sports (including NFL and NASCAR, to invoke two stereotypes). So it may end up presenting new info to a whole lot of people.

[TheRickles]

38. I tried the same tactic with Rep. Mike Turner, an R who has talked about reaching out to Dems.

That story is here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143145254|

But his site only accepts emails from people who live in his district.

[2naSalit]

11. The sooner he...

Or anyone of them make it to a floor vote, the sooner the rest of the representatives can vote in Jeffries and get it over with.

[CitizenZero]

15. Jordan Is The Worst

And that is saying something since most Republicans are terrible. Jordan should not be anywhere near the Speakership.

[4lbs]

16. Make a deal with a half-dozen moderate Repukes and blam! Speaker Hakeem Jefferies

I will laugh uncontrollably if that happens.

[SunSeeker]

22. There is no way Republicans could vote for a Democrat. But maybe a "moderate" Republican.

Last edited Sun Oct 15, 2023, 09:21 PM - Edit history (1)

The deal House Dems are pursuing is getting a "Team Normal" Republican nominated, along with certain Legislative concessions from that Speaker, like having certain pieces of legislation brought to the House floor, and getting the budget passed. Enough Democrats may then vote for that Republican under those circumstances.

[CitizenZero]

33. I Agree

Even Moderate Republicans would not vote for Jefferies but Dems *might* vote for a moderate Republican along with some concessions. I think that we should try to do this. It would be good for the country to support more moderate Republicans and reduce the influence of the MAGAs. We need sane bipartisanship. Extremists like Jim Jordan are an awful, awful possibility.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

42. You cannot negotiate with shameless liars and traitors

I'd think people would have learned by now that it's useless to negotiate with traitor thugs. They never keep their word because they have no integrity and no remorse at all about that.

All of their "promises" are writ on water.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

28. THAT would be worth opening the tab on my last can of Guinness to!

Now do I drink it cold or let it get to room temperature?

[BlueKota]

17. So which of their sources is to be believed? I'm confused.

Did he have positive conversations with the twenty who want to block him? I read somewhere he can only afford to loose 4 Republican votes. So if those 20 aren't the ones he's talked to, he won't have the votes the other source said Jordan thinks he has to become speaker.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. These are the same people

who blame Biden for the GOP not being able to install a Speaker with only their votes... and they are in the majority.

[BlueKota]

21. They are such clowns

Laughable and scary all at the same time.

[4lbs]

26. He might be trying to do what McCarthy did.

He'll have to be careful (but then, when was he ever careful?) or else it will backfire on him.

I'm waiting to see if that happens.

[Lonestarblue]

18. I cannot imagine a worse Speaker than Jordan.

He is anti anything that makes sense, and his screaming style is irritating beyond belief.

[republianmushroom]

20. Are these senior house republicans having a enough of the clown show ?

[William769]

23. Who's minding the store?

[Beartracks]

24. Good, GOP. Don't let the Israel crisis force you to accept extremist demands.

In other words: don't give in to terrorists.

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[czarjak]

29. Stand strong. Don't blink. Show Ted Cruz what that means.

[NoMoreRepugs]

30. Actually GymBo would just be another in a long line of

ShitForBrains Republican House Speakers.

[BlueIdaho]

32. True That.

How far back do you have to go to find a Republican House Speaker who actually completed their service without being turfed out of office?

[Martin68]

31. I hope they succeed. We need to find a bipartisan choice for Speaker of the House. The Republicans

Have utterly failed to do their duty.

[Bayard]

34. "I refuse to be a victim."

Seriously? Where did the spine transplants come from?

I'll believe it when I see any of these people going public.

[Emile]

36. Jordan belongs in prison, not leading Congress!

[Mz Pip]

45. I don't want to get my hopes up.

It took 15 votes to get McCarthy approved. Slowly but surely the votes perled away from no to yes.

Unfortunately, that’s what I expect to happen here.

The class bully should not be awarded Prom King.

[BumRushDaShow]

47. McCarthy was not as extreme (although he attempted to "talk it" )

as Gymsuit. Even Scalise, as horrid as he is, wasn't the showboat circus-clown reject type like Gymsuit.

I would not be surprised if they eventually go ahead and expand McHenry's role for "administrative purposes" for a limited time (perhaps through the budget/appropriations process) and then come up with a few changes to the Rules that put the chamber into this position in the first place.

[onetexan]

48. Certainly hope so. The idiot candidates the GOP put up are FUBAR