Dismantling the Gym
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It’s amazing that it’s possible to be too much of a moral degenerate and/or crude bully for the Republican conference in 2023, but here we are:
In a shocking turn, Jim Jordan on Friday lost an internal GOP vote that was intended to show confidence in him remaining as his party’s speaker designee.
The Ohio Republican is now no longer his party’s pick to lead the House. The GOP’s secret ballot vote took place just after Jordan’s third failed floor vote as a speaker hopeful.
It’s not just that Jordan didn’t have the votes to become Speaker — given a secret ballot, he couldn’t even get a majority of the Republican conference:
Clear difference in what you saw on the House floor
House Republicans increasingly wanted him to drop out but weren't willing to vote against him publicly https://t.co/swFO6V0SEC— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) October 20, 2023
Begin the thawing of Newt Gingrich!
…it’s funny because it’s funny:
Meanwhile, it’s hard to overstate how spitting mad conservatives are. Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida says Jordan was “knifed by secret ballot, anonymously, in a closed-door meeting in the bowels of the Capitol.” Gaetz says, “This was truly swamp tactics on display.”
…It’s even funnier because it’s even funnier:
everyone spare a thought for Elise Stefanik, running around the Capitol desperately trying to figure out who she's supposed to toady up to https://t.co/zf1MJjp9lf— Leah Greenberg (@Leahgreenb) October 20, 2023