The House GOP Speaker’s race is a system of conniving and positioning for a cushy committee assignment, indulgences from the lobbyist control apparatus, office locations and Machiavellian influence for the best junkets and largest leadership PAC deposits. That’s the truth, the non-pretending truth about the system at work behind the GOPe blind vote.
This internecine professionally Republican stuff has nothing to do with principle centered leadership, and everything to do with self-indulgences and personal affluence.
Riddle me this…. Steve Scalise drops out leaving Jim Jordan as the last man standing that seemingly could unite the caucus. Kevin McCarthy supports Jordan. Against this backdrop, Georgia Republican Austin Scott, the seven-term representative who told CNN’s Manu Raju on Thursday that the GOP’s inability to elect a new speaker “makes us look like a bunch of idiots,” now enters the race.
If the caucus was likely to support Jordan, and if Scott was so concerned about them looking like idiots, then why would Scott enter the race to impede the consensus candidate? That tells you what you need to know about Georgia’s Austin Scott.
Georgia? What concerns have previously been identified within the Georgia Republican political circles? Funny that.
VIA CNN: Austin Scott began his political career in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1997, where he served until being elected to Congress in 2011. Scott, represents Georgia’s 8th Congressional District, serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Armed Services Committee and the House Agriculture Committee.
WASHINGTON DC – Jim Jordan is poised to take a step toward the speaker’s gavel on Friday — even as he faces a last-minute challenger.
Republicans are meeting Friday afternoon to hear directly from the Ohio conservative and Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), who threw his hat into the ring just before the close-door meeting and added a new dimension to the topsy-turvy speaker’s race.
While there are enough Republicans opposed to — or wary of — a Jordan speakership to block him from getting the 217 necessary votes on the floor, he is projecting confidence that he will clear the much easier simple majority threshold for becoming the conference’s pick for speaker on Friday.
“I think I can unite the conference. I think I can go tell the country what we’re doing and why it matters,” he told reporters, adding that he feels “confident” heading into the secret ballot vote.
But whether Jordan can ultimately capture the speaker’s gavel remains far more uncertain, with a coalition of vulnerable front-liners and frustrated allies of Scalise and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicting that the Ohio Republican falls short. (read more)
If Jordan doesn’t get the nod, possibly Representative Mike Johnson (R-La.) could. However, regardless of who might take the gavel, the real issues within DC operate behind the Potemkin villages of Congress.
Austin Scott sounds of the same character as Lance Gooden of Texas, or the McCaul/Crenshaw duo, also of Texas, deceivers all; OTOH, if the decepticons are trying to oppose J. Jordan, maybe that speaks well for Jordan’s potential of being a Speaker we can rally around.
Scott is a Pence supporter and sympathizer. EFF HIM. Primary him.
Austin Scott is from the Log Cabin Kemp-boy Deliverance wing of the GOP.
“Squeal, Kemp-boy! Or you’ll get blowed up like your daughter’s boyfriend!”
Austin Scott is from the Log Cabin Kemp-boy Deliverance wing of the GOP/
“Squeal, Kemp-boy! Or you’ll git blowed up lahk yo’ daughter’s bo’fren!”
My first thought from anyone in GA in the Republican party, is that they are part of the Kemp bloc and wholly subservient to the Uniparty.
Frankie, I almost spit out my afternoon coffee…Just Hilarious!
Thanks for the pat on the back.
And sorry for the double post. I originally wrote the middle, then tried to edit it out and leave the first and last sentences. I musta fat-fingered something.
Wasn’t the boyfriend Jordan’s nephew or was it another young innocent they killed for the commandant.?
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There’s been a few:
-Jordan’s nephew
-Kemp’s daughter’s boyfriend
-Sheriff Lamb’s (AZ county) son and his child and that child’s mother
Appears to me that Scotts’ assignment from the swamp is to set up an “alternative” that “other swamp rino’s” can vote for in an attemmpt to throw the election, and let the DEMOCRATS win the House Speaker position, even though the Republicans are the MAJORITY in the House.
The swamp doesn’t care who wins, as long as the winner is a swamp creature like them.
Dunno.
All I know was someone wanted him dead and all of a sudden he was.
That’s why Vicki Lawrence sang about the lights going out in Georgia instead of some other southern state.
Is there any person in the House of Representative worthy of the American people’s support for speaker. Rhetorical question, and if there was an answer, they’d never become speaker.
I like Andy Biggs or Matt Gaetz, but we need Gaetz as Governor of Florida.
i liked Gaetz, now i think he is a pure bullshit artist, kick mccarthy out (good) but then endorse scalise. yeah right
They need to look outside of congress.
I nominate Jim DeMint for Speaker of the House.
Agree; Devin Nunes.
Banks, Ogles, Jordan — there are a couple dozen pretty good conservatives in the House.
But for the most part, GOP House members are, at best, RINOs, and at worst, Uniparty soldiers.
Golly,
Doesn’t Matt Gaetz have a nominee to offer???
How about MTG?
Doesn’t she have someone she’d like to nominate???
MTG already said she supports Jordan. The only control you have with any of them is the one vote “vacation”.
Any elected to office, were installed by the Big Club, and are beholden TO the Big Club if they want to continue to rake in the grift, while giving most of the proceeds TO the club.
Very much like the Mafia, and this very much applies to MTG and yes, I fear Gaetz, as well.
There is not ONE U.S. Senator, not one U.S. Congressman, not one State Governor that are MAGA.
Sounds hopeless.
Only if they keep looking in the mirror for options.
Yes, durchman…
-goomba gang
Why do you fear Gaets? Many people seem distrusting of Gaetz – I know SD expressed apprehension as well but has he done more harm than good? Can you tell me what I’m not seeing or understanding?
WRONG! Matt Rosendale. He may be the only one but he is driven by principle in spite of the pressures on him.
Gaetz only takes contributions from constituents and the average amount is around $37.00. I’ll go with him.
Gaetz DOES ask for donations outside his constituency!
I worded that incorrectly. He takes donations from hard-working people. He did not say they were just his constituents. Thanks for the clarification.
Even Nancy Mace, who wore an A on her top to signify what? Adultery? Abortion? Animal Rights? Atlanta Braves? A chaperone for Lorena Bobbert? is for Jordan.
How about “A” for “American”? You know how much TPTB hate us…
Pretty sure Gaetz supports Jordan, who was his mentor.
Sundance you are the teachers I wish I had in high school.
We are never too old to learn, and Sundance has been conducting classes in “Analyzing Contemporary American Politics Using a Faith-Based and Constitutionally Patriotic Perspective” for about 12 years….
I like your syllabus title.
I’ve only been here 7 years and some day I hope to delve into the archives.
Sundance provides a list of applicable key words under every article. I think you can search on any of those key words (and there are collectively a large number of them) in the Search block at the upper right of every page.
I think the search accesses all articles including those from CTH 1.0 before the site was deplatformed.
From an Unusual_Whales tweet on The Liberty Daily website just now:
“Representative Austin Scott was the top political trader in 2021.
He sold FuelCell Energy, $FCEL, on 2021-01-14, after buying on 2020-10-30, for a 780%.
He sat on the Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit subcommittee.
Wild.”
So, maybe he should just fade back into the shadows if he doesn’t want his dirty laundry aired.
“House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Armed Services Committee and the House Agriculture Committee.”
Oh, so he’s in a district that went 60ish Trump to 30ish communist.
Associated with “intel” and “Ukraine”. Especially Ukraine.
He also probably rubs shoulders with that asshat poser Scott Franklin (Idiot, FL) that represents my district and is a sell out Ukraine fanboi.
I hate them. [while pushing pins in my uniparty doll]
😁😁 👍👍
Austin Scott Liberty Score 65% Grade D
The cowardly wrestler…..way to go! Scott is right you do look like idiots, a bunch of scaredy cats. They all got on board when they thought Trump was going to take over, can’t have that can they. Spit!!
I’m kinda getting use to the Worthless Do Nothings doing nothing. No stupid legislation messing with my freedom. No dumb ass “gun control”. No voting my money to some stupid country that hates us. No no no….dont go saying it. They never intended to do anything about the open borders. It would have already been done with the laws on the books now. All a bunch of low life weenies. Every one of them.
Yes, firmly in favor of that “Somebody Else” candidate, has my vote.
As a backdoor way to shut down the Fed. Gov. shut down spending, so Ukraine $, etc. its not bad; it even renders the odious Senate impotent to do much.
Shut it all down, PERMANENTLY and “last one out, turn out the lights!”
100% The do-nothing R side of the UniParty needs to be primaried…EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, including the “impotent Senate”.
Can’t stick together to stick it to the communist democrats and will fight amongst them selves. Wonderful. Bunch of 7th graders fighting over class president.
My solution…take away pensions from “public servants” and things change forever. No more career whores at the expense of the taxpayers.
Someone who no one ever heard of and someone from Georgia. No bloody way.
AOC was overheard asking why we need a speaker and can’t we just use headphones?
Your AOC quote is probably as accurate and as meaningful as some total sellout rino Georgia piece of crap drooling anything that even sounds like it matters
Before or after she broke wind?
During.
💥😂😂😂😂
New York DA Alvin Bragg is shaking in his boots over Air Jordan’s investigation of him…that never happened!
In fact, after never investigating Bragg Jordan announced another never investigation of Georgia DA Fani. I heard that Fani will be shaking in her high heels soon, too!
In years past I would have been concerned about what this is doing to the Rs (still have some programmed pangs), believing they were a better bet than Ds . But this country got to this disastrous point in history with R help. So if it all has to come down we’ll start with the Rs and work our way to the other side.
The Two faced Uniparty is a vulture, feeding on the American electorate.
As with any bird, it has two WINGS, and needs both to stay aloft.
Take out the R wing, and the bird tumbles out of the sky, and to its demise.
Wolverine
Oops
Big insider trader –
It’s only Insider Trading when you work in the private sector. If you are a government parasite, then they call that “lucky’.
He’s exactly who we DON’T want to have any power over House Of Misrepresentatives matters
A seven term GA rep. I have never heard of does not inspire confidence.
It inspires just the opposite.
Eye of Sauron and Suspicious Cat are working overtime.
Austin Scott? The name rings a bell.
Isn’t he the guy who was cryogenically frozen back in the ’60s?
Yes. Drove a Shaguar.
That was when he was married to Samantha Powers (she made him take her last name…). /s
This Austin guy will always be able to say he ran for speaker of the house.
That’s the reason.
This guy is another reason why I can’t stand for many Republicans in office.
Why do the R’s fight the conservative movement so much and why is it bad to want to serve the people first and foremost?
Because their greed and bribes could be exposed by MAGA.
Carpetbagger.
From Wikipedia: On January 7, 2021, Scott did not object to the Electoral College certification in the House of Representatives.[48] On January 5, 2021, he joined several Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Congressional leadership stating that members of Congress did not have the authority to object to Electoral College votes sent to them by each state absent an investigation from a state legislature or a conflicting slate of electors.
Riddle me this : Is a House Republican from Georgia Maybe the LAST person we need as Speaker? – never mind I know the answer to that one …
My two cents ~ if Jim Jordan becomes Speaker, new boss same as old boss.
My sentiments ~ won’t be happy at all. Jim is all fast talk, produced nothing. Apologies, he did write several harsh letters.
Except for a few patriots, Georgia’s Professional Republicans are garbage.
JIM JORDAN WON NOMINATION‼️
Jordan received 124 votes to win the GOP nomination over Austin Scott.
The fake news is going crazy saying that the Republican House nominated someone on the HARD RIGHT.
Next up, the floor vote.
https://truthsocial.com/@RealAFPatriot/111229573703026532
Well we lost GA to Blue under this guy, so am not happy.
Retired Magistrate here: It’s kind of like watching a combination of the game shows “The Price is Right” and “Let’s Make a Deal.”
I see a closer resemblance to raccoons fighting in a dumpster behind a night club at about 4:00 AM on a Saturday.
HAHA, good one!
Or making sausage……..
😂
“who wants to be a billionaire”?
And throw in “The Dating Game.”
“The Price Is Right” could be what most all could get behind.
Jake Sherman
@JakeSherman
When thinking about Jordan’s chances of becoming speaker here, keep in mind two things:
– He increased his vote total by just 24
– Austin Scott got in minutes before the race and said he didn’t want to be speaker and he got 81 votes.
I cannot see how they bring this to the floor tonight.
4:25 PM · Oct 13, 2023
Can we come full circle and nominate President Donald John Trump as a temporary 3-4 month speaker? Tally the “forced” votes to identify who is a RINO/GOPe and primary them later? Just watching leftist heads explode not to mention fake news pearl clutching would be delicious! WINNING YUGE!!!
The thing keeping that from being a reality is not D’s but R’s.
The GOPe doesn’t want Donald Trump as a temporary speaker.
The club is trying to extinguish MAGA. Just ask Mittens Romney and Paul Ryan.
Watch out for repubs willing to work with dems too…
So if Jordan becomes Speaker , does that mean he is no longer in charge
of those committees he is on?
That’s the question. The weaponization committee needs leadership.
Yes, he’ll appoint someone else, who will run around pretending their hair is on fire…”Auditions held 2 hours after Speaker vote.”
Most liekly; the Speaker has traditionally refrained from debating or voting in most circumstances and does not sit on any standing committee of the House.
Everything I know about Austin Scott I just learned from this post.
I can’t help but wonder if the Kemp machine in Georgia has goaded Scott to try and deny Jordan the speakership to tarnish Trump’s luster as a GOP Kingmaker. Trump did endorse Jordan after all.
Jim Jordan is elected Speaker ( per Gateway Pundit)
Godspeed to the invigorated MAGA House
House of intelligent subpoenas and purse strings !
Nominated… Still needs 217 votes to confirm.
Well, he Jordan is the NOMINEE
up for floor vote !
Godspeed Jim Jordan
-Georgia
-House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
-House Armed Services Committee
-House Agriculture Committee
Someone is forehead deep in the Deep State.
From Georgia. Enough said.
I’m on the Jordan team. If he doesn’t work out, plan B
Too bad Rush Limbaugh is not around anymore. Can you imagine Rush as SOTH.
OK — so now it’s time for the RINO brigade to “man up” and accept what the overall caucus has chosen.
Will be fascinating to see how many RINOs balk — and especially what their supposed reason to object to Jordan will be 🙂
Personally, I dont care about this circus. Congress is just a facade for the deep state bureaucrats and lobbyists who make the rules for us to abide by. The only one I can think of that would challenge this is being harassed viciously and indefinitely by those who fear him the most. As for the rest, vote em out.
Why was the decision made to cancel PDJT visit to Capitol on Tues? Not much was said. It’s clear he would be best choice for party. I know why the GOPe wouldn’t want him there but President Trump is always up for challenges. PDJT is obvious leader of the party based on national polling.
“Georgia Republican Austin Scott, the seven-term representative who told CNN’s Manu Raju on Thursday that the GOP’s inability to elect a new speaker “makes us look like a bunch of idiots,”
Well…..at least he’s capable of seeing his reflection in the mirror. News flash; you don’t just look like a bunch of idiots, you are a bunch of idiots.
…..
It’s all so depressing, listening to Bannon in ear room, Panama is getting ready to send 1,000,000 illegal thugs per month our way
Where do you think the Palestinians will end up?
Sea Island !!!!
Scum and Scummier
and not in that order.
Deep stenchy swampers.
I suspect that what will happen will show that the Republican party is not concerned about principled, patriotic and hard working Americans and should be replaced ASAP.
Scott is merely the latest RINO puppet of the GOP Establishment being put forward to grab the Speaker’s gavel.
As Sundance so saliently observes: why the last minute entry of yet another RINO [ACU score of 82 vs Jordan at 100] if not to keep Jordan from running the show?
What you NEVER hear from the Establishment about Jordan — what, EXACTLY, is their objection to the guy if — as they keep whining — we need to get the Speaker chair filled ASAP or else the world is going to end?
Jordon won
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/breaking-jim-jordan-wins-gop-nomination-speaker/
Jordan hasn’t reached 217 yet either.
Notice this is behind closed doors so we have limited view of who is standing in his way.
I’m not a fan of Jordan for this role but he’s better than Scalise or Austin Scott.
Let’s face it, the R party has not been in line with its voters since Reagan and even then, begrudgingly.
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