Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will lose even more votes when a third vote is held on whether to make him the next speaker of the House. Jordan whiffed in his second attempt on Wednesday when he received one vote fewer than on the first ballot on Tuesday. He was more
Jim Jordan wants the gavel because he thinks he can brute force democrats into what he wants. He daydreams about big cuts and āanti-wokeā bills and the atta-boys he thinks heāll get as a result from trump.
All these chest pounders on the right truly believe the things they want donāt happen because āsomeone simply isnāt brave enough to stand up for it.ā Thatās what makes them dangerous. āOld guardā republicans chest pound to fire up the vote then cause some havoc but nothing like weāre seeing now.
Honestly I think Jordan just likes to smell his own farts (metaphorically speaking).
He doesnāt care about policy, and is 100% comfortable (and perhaps prefers) being a minority party; that way nobody expects any actual work to be done while he and his allies lob turds at Democrats and grift the base.
Jim Jordan wants the gavel because he thinks he can brute force democrats into what he wants. He daydreams about big cuts and āanti-wokeā bills and the atta-boys he thinks heāll get as a result from trump.
All these chest pounders on the right truly believe the things they want donāt happen because āsomeone simply isnāt brave enough to stand up for it.ā Thatās what makes them dangerous. āOld guardā republicans chest pound to fire up the vote then cause some havoc but nothing like weāre seeing now.
Honestly I think Jordan just likes to smell his own farts (metaphorically speaking).
He doesnāt care about policy, and is 100% comfortable (and perhaps prefers) being a minority party; that way nobody expects any actual work to be done while he and his allies lob turds at Democrats and grift the base.
Probably true too