In the Friday vote for Republican House Speaker, Jim Jordan won 124 votes and Austin Scott gained 81 votes. Jordan now has a few days to talk to the roughly fifty Republican holdouts who do not support him. If it looks like Jordan can win the 217 floor votes needed, the GOP will likely vote next week.
After rising at the last minute, on behalf of the professionally Republican purchased UniParty wing (Sea Island donors), Georgia Representative Austin Scott has acquiesced and stated he will support Jim Jordan. It’s a little funny, because without a doubt Scott didn’t realize his Sea Island, Georgia, bona fides would be so quickly showcased.
From the inside, Jim Jordan (Ohio) is seen as part of the MAGA wing by the Republican apparatus.
(Via Politico) – […] GOP leadership sent members home for the weekend with plans to reassess on Monday after Jordan beat Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) with 124 votes, then picked up less than 30 more votes when Republicans were pressed whether they’d support him on the floor.
[…] Jordan “should be afforded 24 hours or the weekend or whatever … to see if he can get the votes and if he can’t get the votes, roll on,” Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) told reporters after the vote. The eventual speaker, he added, “may be somebody who is tolerable for everybody.”
Jordan, who told reporters he felt “good” after the vote, is expected to meet with holdouts as well as his backers over the weekend ahead of a potential Monday meeting to revisit whether he has enough support for a floor vote.
“I’ve been working it for 10 days,” Jordan added. “We’ll keep up. … We want to go to the floor as soon as possible, but we’re missing like eight members who aren’t in town. So we’ve got to wait for them to get back … I think we’re going to get 217.”
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a Jordan ally, said he expects a floor vote next week so that members can lay out where they stand before finally supporting a speaker.
Massie projected that “we go to the floor” when Jordan has closer to 180 votes.
”Which isn’t to 217 yet, but I believe what’s going to happen is – people in the first round may vote for McCarthy, they may vote for Scalise, Donald Trump may get a vote,” Massie said. “But after everybody gets that out of their system, you know, fulfills their commitments … by the second or third round, I think we’re going to be over 200.” (read more)
President Trump has endorsed Jim Jordan.
Jim Jordan has talked a good game, however, if you look at the Committees/Sub-Committees that he has chaired, performance has been more along the lines of Trey Gowdy.
Personally, I don’t think there is one member in the House that can get things done. I’m sick of them all. I would prefer to start with an outsider and radically change “the way they do business in DC” – disappointed again.
Byron Donalds.
Possible VP pick…..it’s falling into place if you look.
Do remember that while Rep. Donalds has changed, there is this in his past to consider:
“In 1997, Donalds was arrested for marijuana distribution; the charges were dropped as part of a pre-trial diversion program. In 2000, he pleaded no contest to a felony bribery charge as part of a scheme to defraud a bank. His record was later sealed and expunged.”
https://www.news-press.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/10/ethics-complaint-alleges-byron-donalds-lied-criminal-charges-donalds-says-complainer-lied/5544174002/
It will have to be tip-toed around, because the Dem oppo research will jump right on top of it.
He can use it if he’s smart. President Trump chose me and forgave my past…etc etc. Will get more minority votes…
Won’t happen. Insofar as the blax are concerned and despite they’ve been both economically and socially decimated by the woke marxists they refuse to leave the plantation and the entitlements they think they’ve been gifted either via sheer ignorance and/or decades of effective Stockholm syndrome/brain washing and certainly not in anything even close to sufficient numbers.
The predicted Hispano “red wave” last 2022 Nov. never materialized either. These three well touted Trump supporting Texas Hispanic candidates, specifically here in the RGV, were absolutely slaughtered by leftists. To wit: Mayra Flores (33TX), Irene Armendariz-Jackson (16 TX), and Bianca Gracia the Dir. of Texas Latinos for Trump who ran for Texas State Sen. District 11. Trump was here campaigning for each of them. You can draw a line clean through the RGV with these excellent candidates – each of them got SLAUGHTERED at the polls. Want to see the numbers? Go to https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page and search on their names.
Jump on it is a lock. But there’s plenty of virtue targets on the neo-marxist bench. I don’t trust Donalds anyway who already flashed cuck into this last “cr”. I’m sure many here missed it in the ongoing daily stream of abominations, engineered distractions, incessant false flags and ancillary BS.
Sellout in progress which he tipped into this latest “cr”. At this point there are simply no more dice left to roll. We are plumb OUT – 33 years ago at that. The only ones I’d take a chance on at this point are Tim Burchett or after what he started which I’m damn glad he did, Gaetz who should have stepped up his bid on general principles alone, but hasn’t.
Why didn’t gaetz run?
Appears to b a RINO
I have been telling people Jordan is another Trey Gowdy. Jordan sits there and pounds the pulpit, yells and sends out big nasty threatening letters and NOTHING gets done. I agree with Mark Scott. Donalds is MAGA!
I agree. I call Jordan all hat and no cattle. He pretends as if he is tough when he starts talking fast and blusters around but never solves anything.
What do you expect when McCarthy approved everything?
I believe McCarthy denied him the resources and tools (subpoenas) required to do the job.
Nah, there’s always “tools”. Just because they might not be served on silver platters an effective Fighter is able to find those he can craft into alternate uses or flat out TAKES them from simps like Jordan, McCarthy, Comer, Massie, et al ad infinitum. This g0pE caucus of genetic level losers are incapable of discerning this let alone acting on it.
I was listening to War Room recently and I think it was Kash Patel (I could be wrong) that said the reason Hunter, Wray, Mayorkas, Garland and other devious bureaucratic individuals were not being subpoenaed in the House hearings was because Speaker McCarthy would not authorize the subpoenas.
This would explain why Americans have so much angst with these hearings chaired by Comer and Jordan.
Maybe the 55 or so Uniparty Republicans that didn’t want Jordan as Speaker fear the thought of him green lighting and expediting those subpoenas (?).
Exactemundo.
Conservative Review’s Liberty Score voting record tells the story.
Jim Jordan: 100%, “A” rating
Byron Donalds: 100%, “A” rating
Austin Scott: 65%, ” D” rating
Kevin McCarthy: 54%, “F” rating
Steve Scalise: 58%, “F” rating
This suggests we have 81 members of congress that grade between D & F.
Of GOPe, most Dems are Fs.
If and when Jordan gets elected,and if and when that is accomplished, what has been gained.? Will the American First agenda be further accomplished with a demshevik senate and POTUS? A pyrrhic “victory” at best. You can’t take the incremental wins present them to the American people and combined with the total ineptitude of Slojo and company move towards a 2024 sweep. With more AF seats and votes Mc Carthy would have been gone. No with an impossible task, you’re going to implement the America First Agenda with barely control of 1/3 of the government in the process demonstrating to the people, you are going have to convince ,in order to win to do it; they are open and ready to be convinced. And you wonder why even with the better ideas by far, we lose.
I agree JannB, but I hope Trump knows what he’s doing this time. I agree with Sundance that Jordan seems to have changed concerning that ” messing with the athletes” scandal that was almost immediately dropped. We all want action, but sometimes slow and subtle change works best. We all have been disappointed almost every time. Who knows?
Jordan has never produced anything tangible except for his fierce faced questioning he’ll use in his next campaign for re-election. His “oversight” has yet to produce one (1) subpoena not that it would produce anything now, but needs to be in the congressional record for the remote chance to use it later for indictment/s (if this country still exists). Massie and Comer the same and this Austin Scott I’ve never even once heard of. Past this, and unless it’s a rare oversight on their part, he’s not even listed at https://libertyscore.conservativereview.com/ despite that he’s supposedly been farting into 8-GA throne since 2011. And his physiognomy is also something to behold. Expert losers these idiots. The one (1) thing they excel at.
By the way, I still prefer Ivan Raiklin’s plan as described on the birthday of Ashley Babbitt:
https://rumble.com/v3oc9y8-we-the-people-demand-notice-on-next-speaker-of-the-house.html
More play acting theatre folks. More distractions on our way to the CBDC prison. It’s not a joke and half of your family, friends and neighbors will think it’s just swell. For proof look up Murphy v. Missouri wherein Justice Alito sent a very hot potato back to a Circus Court and they reversed. Unprecedented?
Murthy v. Missouri.
Trading McCarthy for Jim Jordan would be a win. Like Sundance, I do think Jim has sold out a little to the swamp which is unfortunate…..however, he is still one of the most conservative voices in the house and the fact the 50 RINOs don’t want him to be speaker shows that he may still have some MAGA left in him. Because I don’t see anyone in the house who I fully trust (I do like Gaetz at the moment) I will take this small victory and hope for the best. McCarthy was full swamp with zero back bone…..couldn’t stand him.
Jj. Is compromised. Deep state threatened him with charges from a fake claim of abuses in the wrestling team when he was a coach and teacher. News reports surfaced, spread and then suddenly disappeared. Jordan changed.
Jordan wasn’t teaching at Ohio State, just coaching. (Jim’s nephew, Bo, is currently an assistant coach there)
There was nothing chargeable, they just used a bunch of disillusioned losers to slime him.
This was timed to hurt more because Jordan that same week was grieving the loss of his nephew Eli Stickley a sophomore wrestling at Wisconsin, who died in a car wreck.
The bringer of those accusations, a well documented fraudulent creep, was jealously lashing out at the Jordans and Ohio State after OSU chose to use Carter Jordan’s (Jim’s brother) apparel line for wrestling gear over the accusers.
This is not to say that JJ ain’t compromised, but that coaching nonsense has already done its intended damage.
I agree, and I am disappointed in JJ’s acquiescence to the swamp…..but he is absolutely better than McCarthy and maybe with Trumps support he can be saved. All we can do is watch. At least it not McCarthy, I loathed McCarthey
Didn’t president Trump also endorse McCarthy?
Trump did endorse him but with a caveat: “We’ll see” is what Trump said about McCarthy.
Thinking JJ is “MAGA” is like my Libtard sister, who still thinks Fox News is the dreaded “MAGA MEDIA”, lol.
Our enemies are tripping over their own feet, believing their hype.
Leave the Speakership vacant, as a backdoor way to “shut down” the Federal Govt.
I care not one whit, that this means their kabuki theater of hearings, stops.
No Impeachments were going to happen, or anything else of consequence, so LEAVE IT VACANT.
People from both parties are being made aware of the corruption; even if there is no actual impeachment.
I agree! The speakership should be left vacant as long as necessary, it would save us some money. I believe Trump should be the next Speaker of the house, THEN start the impeachment hearings for FJB and the ignorant witch. We can then follow with getting rid SOS and Homeland Security. He would be the third in line for the Presidency and would then work on keeping us safe. The election would then give him another 4 years. Please Pray for DJT!
Yep. The longer they can’t do anything, the better.
we need the hearings to reveal the corruption, sunlight disinfects all by itself
Allen West gets my vote
West is a Never-Trumper.
I used to read his articles but when he failed in all to even mention what President Trump had done or was doing about the things he was concerned about in his articles I knew his words were meaningless rhetoric.
I don’t know if Jordan is the real deal or not. But I also don’t know who’d be better. We have some good bomb throwers but is shutting down the House the way to go? Some days I think yes.
Jordan is allowing himself to be recruited into the position, looking a bit reluctant at the beginning. If he moves the needle even a tiny bit Right I’ll be pleased.
That’s what we want, reluctance. Anybody who has dreamed of being speaker, never should be.
I remember people were clamoring for JJ to be the speaker at the same time McCarthy was running. JJ said he was not interested. I wonder if it was because he didn’t want to keep McCarthy from getting it.
Only Trump for speaker even for 3 to 6 months until they find a new one. Set the adgenda have a vote expel all no vote congressmen.
If and when Jordan gets elected,and if and when that is accomplished, what has been gained.? Will the American First agenda be further accomplished with a demshevik senate and POTUS? A pyrrhic “victory” at best. You can’t take the incremental wins present them to the American people and combined with the total ineptitude of Slojo and company move towards a 2024 sweep. With more AF seats and votes Mc Carthy would have been gone. No with an impossible task, you’re going to implement the America First Agenda with barely control of 1/3 of the government in the process demonstrating to the people, you are going have to convince ,in order to win to do it; they are open and ready to be convinced. And you wonder why even with the better ideas by far, we lose.
Never thought I would see this country with it pants do far down, waiting to see the collapse prepare and pray.
I’m very glad that the House dumped the first “candidate,” who was nothing more than a re-tread of the guy who just got fired.
But I am EVEN MORE encouraged by the simple fact that, at very long last, a Speaker “just got fired!” Why did this take more than 200 years to happen? 🧐
I don’t like to see “the people’s representatives” being “agreeable” to the point of being “synchronized!” If this is the case, they’re not representing actual citizens. (Although I don’t approve of them “attacking each other with heavy metal-handled canes,” which actually happened once …)
Personally, I think Jim Jordan has been compromised. I don’t trust him anymore.
I don’t trust any of them but at least Jordan has voted his conscious and it’s been conservative all the way. Not one of the others can say that and that record of their votes, tells us a lot. As is usual in our present situation, I’ll expect the worst and hope for the best.
Fulfilling their commitments? To whom, the voters or their money makers? If they were fulfilling their governance commitments, we’d have a Speaker by now.
“may be somebody who is tolerable for everybody.”
We definetly dont want this…..
Jordan the wrestler, a few take downs but no pins. I’m gonna pass in favor Byron Donald
The establishment is the Republican party problem!
They like the status quo
Do nothing!