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.
There are no coincidences in politics.
(Hat tip: Bannon)
Didn’t mean to jump in front of Sundance… please forgive me.
He’s taking a negotiating stance. Seemingly. Can’t say I remember McCarthy doing that.
And therein lies the rub for the uniparty living off the MIC.
“Once ya stick that noodle in yer arm ya never git it out.”
–Uncle Frank
Perfect! The more the GOPe rinos have to expose themselves the better. Hopefully if it turns into a cat fight, somebody supporting Jordan will start talking about the holdout’s globalist backers
Yeah, I’d love to see Romney hit somebody with his purse
Romney will not be there. He has discovered how his lust for money and fame has gotten him to do many very foolish and stupid things. The voters of Utah were going to retire him and he knew it, so he has decided not to give them the chance. Hopefully 2024 will be his last in the US Senate. Can we say we have lost our Mittens yet?
I think Utah voters are very prescient in there thinking
Not enough to avoid electing him in the first place, though.
Ah, the Liz Cheney exit… Good riddance!
Better not have lost them, or you may have no pie.
Whether in office or not, Romney will continue to fight against the people as long as stupid millionaires fund him.
How did that fraud ever win the R nomination? Oh never mind, The Machine did it, not us. The architect of Obamacare was our “choice” to take on Obama… riiight.
Romney is Obama’s Mini-Me.
That made me laugh out loud. 🙂
Nah. “Pierre” will try to kick somebody in the nuts but can only strike the ankle. He never quite manages to hit the target, or rise to the occasion.
The “cat fight” label works.
After all, most of the House GOPers are pussies.
Yep-Dems are sheep-Pubs are cats.‘The Dems are all Commies and the Pubs are all Dems now.’ Close enough for government work. Why not relabel the parties right now? The Dems become the Communist Party. The Pubs become the Democratic Party. And MAGA becomes the Tea Party on steroids. It then becomes easier for the Indies/undecideds to choose.
That’s huge.
Uh huh. Jordan’s awful good at stern letters.
What about:
o Impeaching Joe Biden and every crook in his criminal regime?
o Getting JUSTICE for the J6 political prisoners?
o Getting JUSTICE for Donald Trump?
Correct me if I am wrong, but didn’t Jim Jordan already state that he has no interest in having any new Republican-led J6 inquiry? Not sure how the Republic can get back on track withoit addressing the Big Steal and subsequent coverup attempts.
Yes these NEED to be addressed but for now the CLEAR AND PRESENT danger is THE US SOUTHERN BORDER!
CLOSE THE F*CKING BORDER STAT!
Zelensky is going to rename his beleaguered country “Ukrisrael” to keep the cash flowing.
Pedro, you win the internet today!
Vote for Pedro
You misspelled Ukistan.
Well, now they can get money from the mideast war instead of Ukraine. So it works.
Next week, remind me to go to the new laundromat across the street.
I don’t believe him.
I will believe it when I see it in action
Not too sure about JJ. Swamp dweller
Section 230 is a no go zone for him. I remember vividly at the hearing, he was super lame with the questions and then we found out he took Google and Zuckerbucks. Other than that, he seems like the best we can get right now.
Unfortunately, “the better of (two) weevils” is still just a ruinous bug…
Then the boll weevil said to the farmer
“Farmer, fare thee well.”
And the farmer said to the boll weevil
“I wish you were in Hell.”
Gotta find a home
A real hot home
— Brook Benton
Theatrics…….whatever
FJB, BHO & Asoc……😉🇺🇸
And all the traitors to the USA Constitution.
If Jordan doesn’t ditch the pitch for another CR, I don’t see him getting even close to 217.
Agree. Shut ‘er down.
GP is reporting that 50 RINOs will not vote for Jim.
Is this the point where President Trump calls all 50, presents evidence that could put each of them in jail for awhile and asks for them to cooperate with Jim? Otherwise he will force a floor vote for PT himself?
This is wild!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/breaking-jim-jordan-wins-gop-nomination-speaker/
This is the point where they line up to get promises, because they know he will have the votes to win.
That’s actually hilarious—Congresscritters believing promises made by Congresscritters! 🤣
The deals they make with each other undoubtedly carry far more weight than any they supposedly make with Us the People.
Price has tweeted a very uncomfortable (for them) fact about the disingenuous RINOs.
I’d be good with it!
Jabber Jaw gets the nod
They need a heavy weekend of backroom deal making. Bribery, threats and a half assed compromise will be the result
Wonder if they’ll have the same ‘Get to jail’ card with Jordan that they had with Kevil McCarthy — if Jordan doesn’t do what he says he’s gonna do.
That there is definitely the proverbial rub.
yes, lots of assgrabbing and fondling behind the scenes, slapping and bending over.
I am not a fan of Jordan.
Would rather have Gaetz or Trump.
If he ends up getting the job, we will know in 40 days or so whether he is a traitor or not, when the current budget compromise expires.
I agree with you, but I think Jordan is the best we can get for a Speaker out of the current bunch of clownish politicians in DC.
Kevin Hern R-OK…..would be OK by me.
Best we can get seems to have been our mantra for decades.
Except for President Trump. He is the best.
A wise man once said “the enemy of good, is perfect”.
Trump as speaker isn’t going to happen, for various reasons. Gaetz isn’t either. Donald’s too green.
And i know voting record doesn’t tell the whole story, but it is a pretty good indicator. Based on that, Jordan is a major upgrade over McCarthy and when you add that Jordan supports Trump and MAGA, i think he’s pretty clearly the best of the realistic options.
We should support Jordan
Those 40 days are going to tell more than that if he is a traitor.
94% conservative voting record over last 6 years-Got anyone better?
Of course. PDJT is better.
But I think PDJT is doing here what he does so well – broker deals – because fact is, even becoming temporary speaker would not further the goal of getting him back in the White House, where he must be to save the country.
I don’t know who the anti-Jordan people (on the MAGA side) are hoping for. Trump isn’t happening.
This gives me a little hope. The Georgia (s)elected ones currently live under the protective umbrella of the likes of Greg Bluestein / Atl Constitution and Erick Erickson/Cox Media holier-than-though, ‘Christian Conservative’ talk show host. They are not used to sunlight. Austin Scott stuck his head out and then ducked right back in. Our voices matter! Expose them all!
That was a VERY interesting maneuver!!! Mucho Exposure!
GREAT point !!
I’ve noticed that same dynamic with radio talk show host Steve Deace, who loves Ron DeSantis as much as he dislikes Trump. With the love of money being the “root of all evil” (1 Timothy 6:10), one would think that Super Conservative Christians would have enough sense not to back obvious GOPe money whores.
But they do, and in the process they focus listener attention more on culture war battles and less on national economic policy, a dynamic that Sundance has noted many times.
Don’t get me wrong: I like Steve Deace even though he is frustrating as just described.
Deace doesn’t seem to be able to get past Operation Warp Speed.
While I don’t trust the vax and did not get jabbed, I believe Mr. Trump was truly doing what he thought was best for people.
I think he was set up and duped by the Deep State, but I can’t fault his desire to protect people from what seemed to be at the time, a very scary disease.
Some folks don’t or won’t, get that.
Well said.
I very much doubt Trump would have bull-rushed the American public into getting the vax – or else – like the Biden team did.
And President Trump never forced anyone to take any drug at any time.
That is where the rubber meets the road. Take the shot or leave it, but don’t force it on those who do not want it.
Exactly. I was fine with Trump going along w/ Warp Speed because he also talked about other treatments and never mandated a damn thing.
Yeah, not sure why some people don’t get that
Deace just trying to deflect.
I agree 1,000% Val
Remember, when the virus first showed in the US, up to 1 in 4 (yes, 1/4) of all positive cases ended up in the hospital. There was REAL concern at all levels.
Remember the hospital ships being activated and the emergency aid stations being stood up in arenas and then not really being used?
As things developed, the real numbers ended up being much better, but at first, decisions were made based on the initial reporting.
Trump actually adjusted pretty well given the time line of events.
The early numbers were probably skewed by the fact that many more people had covid (or had already had it) than were diagnosed, and many of those were asymptomatic. I think, too, that the panic in Italy (which got zapped early because of the many Chinese returning from a holiday at home) led us all to believe that the disease was much more virulent than it actually was.
[Northern Italy is that country’s industrial locus, and the Chinese are heavily invested there.]
Right on.
I’ve come to understand that Cultural Conservatism© apart from economic conservatism is simply controlled opposition. It’s been a tough process but that’s where I am at present…🤔
It turned out rather telling when the RINOs renamed it “Compassionate” conservatism to boost W. I always wondered about that at the time, but was far less dialed in (not yet on CTH).
Georgia may indeed become scorched earth…again.
Erickson is so low even Pee Wee Herman called Erick Erickson a punk.
From the defense table while his lawyer was trying to get his child porn charges reduced.
Erickson is a slug.
Yes! We have more than we know. The power is with the People (if we choose to use it).
Don’t. Look. Away. State of Israel Official Twitter-X Account Releases Gruesome Video from Hamas Saturday Slaughter – Video
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2023/10/dont-look-away-state-of-israel-official.html
I dont need to watch. Im aware of the evil that islam is capable of.
All I care about is the appropriations process is used to starve the devious people within our government agencies turning the eye of Sauron on Americans.
The Speake can be Jim Jordan, Jim Belushi, or Jim Public.
Just starve the beast.
He gave a milquetoast response the other day when confronted with the question of whether he would support defunding the DOJ. He basically said NO. That was all I needed to hear.
Jordan IMHO is still working within the current corrupt “paradigm.” We need someone who thinks outside that corrupt box. I don’t think he’s capable. I do believe he’s taken donations from Google.
Plus I don’t doubt he’s in McCarthy’s back pocket. I hope I’d be wrong.
Jordan is definitely not in the inner circle of the House Reelection Fund nor committee seat appointments.
This is why everyone is probably going ballistic. Turtle is probably on smelling salts.
This is a HOOT!!!
I happen to Like Hern. Fast food CEO, who would really mean business. Yet no one of the grifters would EVER vote for him.
This is why it’s gonna be a bumpy ride this weekend for the critters.
McTurtle is in almost as bad of shape as the Demented Fraud. DC has never looked more like Weekend At Bernie’s. Prop up the trash until they vapor lock while pretending everything is peachy
SMH. I cannot even imagine working in that complex.
Remember what Sundance shared when he arrived in masked up locked down DC?
I still feel the gut churning sense of dark dystopia of that episode from memory alone.
I worked for Warner LeRoy once. It was one of the darkest, weirdest, scariest stints I can remember.
And the Congress MUST be worse. Not to mention those haunted offices that require exorcism.
I believe Jordan is compromised like Sundance pointed out a few days ago.
Jordan writes scathing letters , spits fire and so forth. But nothing changes.
^^^^^
If he actually gets the gavel, we will know VERY quickly if he is compromised or not…he has been doing his best Trey Gowdy imitation since getting the Oversight position in the spring but maybe he was being throttled by McCarthy? Maybe if he is the one in charge he will rise to the occasion and start actually doing what needs to be done!(I don’t actually think this but hope springs eternal, right?!)
I would give him 15 working days. Then, PT can fling out the bullhorn and we can all start screaming at the same time!!!!
Vacate the CHAIR!!!
It will be interesting to see if the rules change.
It will be vital to see.
Yep. Thank you for your comment.
I hope he does rise to the occasion, that would be awesome.
It seems to me that Jordan loves the spotlight and most people like that will do anything to get in the spotlight and to stay in the spotlight.
We are about to find out if he is compromised or not.
Big talks but no walks.
Sound and fury, signifying nothing.
yup
WRESTLING…..all you need to know….
I was a wrestler in college but don’t understand your comment. Please explain more fully. Thanks.
My guess is that pro wrestling is a fake show and always has been.
Funny thing when Trump ‘endorses’ certain known or suspected traitors to MAGA (ie McCarthy) is that they get exposed and fall victims to the “Trump quicksand.”
Paging Mass Psychosis and your ‘staged BS’ memes!
Trump quicksand.
May it be thick and wide around the swamp.
I think it’s a glorious thing.
Russ Vought is the real deal.
He ain’t perfect.
Might be the best we can do at this point. ugh!
Weary of the compromising position that we need to “accept this is the best we can get at the point”. That is one of the reason our country is in this mess! With no speaker “business as usual in the US house of representatives” has been given a time out.
The People just need to guide him in the correct direction.
We the People have been choosing the “Lesser of Two Evils” for so long that the USA has forgotten it was created a Christian country!
True.
But I’m thinking it represents a dramatic shift for the better that we are now focused on the lesser of the evils within what is supposedly our party.
Getting down to the nitty-gritty.
Per the conservative review his liberty score is 94%.
Yeah, but he’s not perfect like our side wants. How come it’s not 100%/s
Isnt that Mark Levins group?
Liberty Score ONLY counts open votes.
This is KABUKI Theater in action.
With behind closed doors and backroom dealings they vie for votes for and against to best position themselves both internally and for the visual theater of the hypnotized masses.
Good Point.
starting to think a large herd of rinos don’t want J6 videos released in their entirety.
124 + 81 is STILL not enough. We’re toast.
Maybe.
But surrendering in advance is not my forte.
Hold the preliminary votes in the open. That way we the people can watch the uniparty members squirm.
And that is exactly why they keep it hidden.
They are not our “Representatives” when they hide their works in the dark from our eyes.
Gaetz should ensure that Jordan is held to the same criteria McCarthy was held to, and Jordan has got to deliver – and promptly. An entire year has been wasted.
In my view the Republicans exist only because of Trump, the same guy they try to finagle rules to exclude. They’re the walking dead.
Trump should meet with the leaders and give them the game plan and direction, otherwise they’ll continue floundering. Left on their own the Republicans will ensure Democrats sweep a trifecta. People like Comer need a tune up: negotiating a subpoena with a defiant respondent is staggeringly stupid.
They want to maintain their little club, but they’ll soon be out of business and their club won’t mean jack.
If anything, the rules should be tighter (given the wasted year).
The only thing I want from any of these clowns that end up in the Speaker’s chair is the abolishment of the CR! Separate spending bills only!
Sadly, in that regard, I expect Jordan to fold up like a cheap suit.
I just want to see the Motion To Vacate stay in force from now on.
All the crucial change depends upon that rule.
Sundance,
What are the parliamentary procedures if the Republican majority can’t reach 217 regardless of who wins the internal nomination process?
If there isn’t a speaker, who controls the House?
Does it fall to the majority leader?
If yes, then you can see why Scalise dropped out so fast. If he can control the House without a vote, he can run the House without the fear of his chair being vacated.
I’d love to hear yours and everyone else’s thoughts on this.
There is interim Speaker of the House. The plan of succession does not stipulate how long his term is. So in effect the republicans are voting on a new speaker.
Fun fact, preceding the civil 1859-1860 there was no Speaker of the House. Complete gridlock for two years.
That is not necessarily a bad thing. It will force Congress to act, Appropriate Fumds, CR or Government Shutdown. All of these options are good. It will expose the UNIPARTY hacks for the incompetent bitches they are or force single appropriations bill with true oversight.
Yes!
Wasn’t it Will Rogers who said no man is safe while the legislature is in session?
The opposite is in operation right now.
Austin…who?
And Jim…who?
😎
Only 205 votes.
The other 15 or so must have got worn out with all of the corruption.
Hey Jim, sit up straight.
At least give the appearance to the American public that you have a backbone.
Uhmm…A school house rock question?
What happens if the GOPe, uni-party RNC wing can not settle on a speaker.
Constitutionally the Speaker of the House is third in-line.
So while the swamp power moves plays over each other for hubris reasons.
What if the swamp goal is,
“To hamstring the Constitution.” That is to leave Constitutionally the chain of command up in doubt.
What if, “That is the outcome being angled?”
Does ULTRA then fill the gap?
Could that be the grand gambit being played out in real time in DC theoretics performances?
Seriously, could it be that simple? The DC mentality has stacked the decks and stolen everything not nailed!
Their only play left is to pack up and turn the lights off.
Here we are in the middle of unpresidented times.
Just how much pizza is being delivered 24/7 amid midnight oil burning DC assemblies/study groups.
Or are they simply playing shuffle board optics and staging for the moment to vacate town.
So seriously, what happens Consituitionally if the Speaker of the House is not a settled question and contingency questions arise.
Surely somewhere in the bowels of forward thinking swamp dwellers there must be a plan, a script just waiting for the light of the ‘what if ‘ contingencies.
Oh, I am certain there is a plan.
Speaker is second in line to the Presidency, and the pizza parties are more like downtown DC $1000 per plate dinners, consisting of quails eggs, caviar, Waygu beef and a wonderful Oregon State Pinot Noir. Top that off with gold specked Belgian chocolate cake and Champagne, and then I agree.
I think you missed my observational point.
It is cold hard DC fact, “That during cold war, the USofA had to state to the Soviet Union. Diplomatically…
“You should know that when the Federal Government of the United States of America is working an International Crisis pizza sales in Washington DC go through the roof.
Yes, those are for the aides and others.
There’s always a plan and then there’s another plan but question is: Will it work?
At the very most I am sure CONgress will act out the famous aphorism and get together next week to screw the country.
Here we are in the middle of unpresidented times.
Even if that was unintentional, it’s one of the best wordos ever.
My. Expectations are they will willingly hand the house speaker ship over to their Marxist friends in 2024. Uniparty in action. At least the RINO exposure has been exposed in the house. Even worse than the senate. We’re screwed.
Jim Jordan this, Jim Jordan that. Whoever becomes Speaker, it will be because he/she can get 217 yes votes. There is not a 100% MAGA Congressman/Congresswoman who could get elected this week or this year. Too many RINO’s. Jim Jordan is probably as close as we can get at this time. Maybe. After November 2024 hopefully we can get someone better if our votes are allowed to count.
Aye, there’s the rub.
Since it will never be allowed that a true MAGA populist like Gaetz or Rosendale hold the Speaker’s gavel, Jordan’s probably the best option with an actual chance to win, sad as that is. Should he fail to win the seat, a few more kamikaze RINOs will be fully exposed.
Gaetz said the reason Jordan didn’t deliver as chairman of his committees is because McCarthy blocked him. If that was the case, Jordan should have complained loudly instead of just taking it.
https://rumble.com/v3p47q5-episode-120-live-speaker-designate-jim-jordan-firebrand-with-matt-gaetz.html
Who cares? Jordan is compromised too.
I hope his bid goes down in flames as well.
My question is – Was Jordan working under McCarthy’s orders? If the answer is yes, then is it suggestive of a stronger stance on issue now that the
bridle is off? The comms. Jordan must have received over the lack of Subpoenas, or any major indictment must have been noticed. Acted on now is
another question, and I feel if we do not “chilll” the process, what is the solution to move?
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.” (Emphasis is mine.)
Don’t think that the GOPe and “never Trump” RINOs aren’t strongly considering blowing up Jordan’s floor vote to exact retribution for McCarthy and Scalise being kicked to the curb.
As a group, I regard the caucus equally unreliable and dishonest.
Edit for spelling.
gym Jordan
@RussVought breaks down the criteria for a paradigm-shifting Speaker of the House…
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the spill 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@drsgonslayer
Bannon also spoke w this Rep from TN: 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝐽𝑖𝑚 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒; 𝐽𝑖𝑚’𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒; 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝐻; 𝑤𝑒’𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡; believes it will be the Jim Jordan of 2021, not 2023.
“Tim Burchett On Speaker Race: “The Original Recipe Jim Jordan Is Who We Are Going To Get”
https://gettr.com/post/p2si7yh04d2
Jordan wants the border closed and RINOS don’t. Thank you for revealing yourselves.
He says it.
Will he do some defunding to make a dent in it ? That is the question here.
“CRA Presiden @RussVought
endorses Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House”…
I have liked a great deal of what Russ V. says, and heard him many times.
It would be so refreshing to find out he is not naive about Jordan…
The RINOs are out of the alignment with their base. I say Whig’em If they refuse to support the Constitution, we don’t need them. And, that includes all of those second-string clowns running for president.
More crap
If Jordan becomes speaker he’ll expose himself as the RINO he really is and that will finish him politically. Gowdy got out before he could be thrown out and Flimsey Gayman (R-Ukraine) needs to be shown the door too.
I am confused, isn;t this McHenry guy the temp Speaker? Doesn’t he have
any powers? Why even have a temp one if all he can do it open and close?
McHenry was appointed the Speaker Pro Tem by the then Speaker McCarthy. Just like everyday House proceedings he has the full power of the chair. There is nothing, as far as I know, that prohibits him from conducting the normal business of the house while he is Speaker Pro Tem.
I thought I had read it was just the opposite – but I basically know only what I read here.
Only CTH is actually digging into the real procedure…
As Bannon said yesterday he prefers the Jim Jordan 1.0. He’s not so sure about the JJ 2.0. I’ve heard ramblings that something changed with Jordan after his nephew died. Don’t know the significance of that.
What are the odds that 6 of the 55 Rino’s declaring they won’t vote for Jordan will vote for a D Speaker instead?
The GOP has at least 55 Democrats who’ve won election pretending to be R’s. This is their opportunity for their great reveal. I welcome them coming into full view. Even if outnumbered it’s better to face an enemy on the field in front of you than in your own foxhole.
This is where their native cowardice works in our favor, if only temporarily.
Please list the 55 opposed. I would love to know if one was representing me?
a list of those voting against Jordan ???? I’d like to know if one of them is my congressman
Mine voted against Jordan, the fool is a democrat communist, worthless, feckless, stuped, and represents every bad idea that hurts this country. Mike Levin CA-49
Advice to Jordan; Treat your holdouts like politicians do voters. Lie to them. Tell them whatever they want to hear until you get in office. Then do what ‘voters’ want. See the reverse psychology of it all. For once, do it for the voters and not the money bags.
I’ve always wondered when somebody would finally do this.
A girl can dream.
‘For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.’ Now it’s official. Hakeem has called us the Caucus of Chaos. Monday 6 pm is High Noon. Jordan won the nomination by 124 to 81. That’s 205. Where were the other 16? Later, 152 said they would back Jordan, 55 said they would vote against him-207,where were the 14?
The reason it’s so important is because it doesn’t take 217 to win. It only takes a majority of whoever shows up. Following that little piece of logic, whoever wins would need only 210 votes (433-14=419). 65 rinos need a come to Jesus moment over the weekend. Guess who already has 212 rock solid votes? The Republicans could have the first Democrat Speaker of the House with a Republican majority. The rinos would be a part of history. Someone please prove me wrong.
What getting lost in the sauce is the 5 or so governing points laid out by Gaetz. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1709400930482000060.html They are the necessary basis of good governance. Who is not as important as how. Any potential nominee should have to embrace these rules and policy points. The fact they are not addressed will lead to another debacle, until they are.
Well, it’s too much to ask to get true MAGA, but maybe its baby steps in the right direction. MAGA needs to keep the pressure on him.