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Let’s Check in on the Chaos With the House GOP.
Spoiler alert: it’s not getting any better.
Well, the chaos in congress continues.
After weeks of wondering what was going to take place, once again congress has failed to elect a Speaker of the House. Much like Steve Scalise before him, Jim Jordan has failed to garner the support necessary to officially get voted into the position he craves.
Rebecca Shabad with The Hill writes:
“GOP Speaker nominee Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) scrapped plans to hold a third vote on Thursday as his opponents showed no signs of backing down.
Several left a meeting with the Ohio Republican Thursday vowing to maintain their resistance.
That meeting came after a push to empower Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) hit a Republican wall, leaving the conference in largely the same position in which it started the day.
Jordan failed to win the gavel on the second ballot Wednesday, losing even more Republicans than on the first ballot Tuesday…”
As fun as it might be to mock the Republican Party and their total inability to function, at what point are we honest with ourselves and admit that this is a cause for concern. It’s nice to see the right wing seemingly self destruct, but we’re…
