Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday nominated hardliner Jim Jordan for speaker, setting up a vote that will test whether he can surmount the party divisions that led Steve Scalise to abandon his bid.
Meaning that when the month or so left on the clock on the current CR runs out in November, this asshole will do everything he can to ensure that no budget is approved and the clock runs out again, turning it all into yet another rancorous, needless, long term government shutdown.
It would be best for all concerned if Gym Jordan were NOT elected Speaker of the House, not to mention third in line for the presidency: Putin would have novichok on doorhandles in DC so fucking fast the world’s head would collectively spin.
But what’s really ironic about the whole thing that if just a handful of Rs came to their senses and Hakeem Jeffries were elected Speaker, Jeffries would do all he could to bring ALL reasonable legislation to the floor, regardless of the originating party. Gym Jordan will just shut it all down – unless it benefits Putin or a big donor, of course.
Just a reminder: Gym Jordan did NOT vote for the continuing resolution that is the sole reason the US has a semi-functioning government today.
McCarthy did; that racist snake Scalise did. But Gym Jordan did not.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/house-vote-government-shutdown/
Meaning that when the month or so left on the clock on the current CR runs out in November, this asshole will do everything he can to ensure that no budget is approved and the clock runs out again, turning it all into yet another rancorous, needless, long term government shutdown.
It would be best for all concerned if Gym Jordan were NOT elected Speaker of the House, not to mention third in line for the presidency: Putin would have novichok on doorhandles in DC so fucking fast the world’s head would collectively spin.
But what’s really ironic about the whole thing that if just a handful of Rs came to their senses and Hakeem Jeffries were elected Speaker, Jeffries would do all he could to bring ALL reasonable legislation to the floor, regardless of the originating party. Gym Jordan will just shut it all down – unless it benefits Putin or a big donor, of course.