In response to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) potentially forcing a speaker vote on the House floor, anti-Jordan votes threatened to not show up and let Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) win the election.
This is how toxic things have become on the Republican side of the House:
👀 “What happens when Jordan forces us to the floor to try to pressure us and all of a sudden we don’t show up and Hakeem Jeffries is speaker cause he wanted to be a bully ?” one upset House Republican just texted me.
— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) October 13, 2023
What happens if five or more anti-Jordan voters were busy at home washing their hair when the vote for speaker was held?
Democrats would outnumber Republicans and Jeffries would be elected.
There are some House Republicans who don’t want to be pushed into voting for Jordan, and if they are pushed, they could lash out in ways that Republicans aren’t prepared for.
Things have gotten even uglier for House Republicans and the warning is clear that there is a faction who does want Jim Jordan to be Speaker of the House.
High-Ranking House Republican Wants Democrats’ Help Electing A Speaker
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), who chairs the Armed Services Committee, told reporters Thursday after a closed-door House GOP meeting that he wants Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to tell Republicans what concessions they’ll have to make for Democrats to help them elect a speaker—underscoring the chaotic race to find a new House leader as Republican options grow short to overcome an intraparty impasse.
At the Capitol, Rogers said, “we’re willing to work with them, but they gotta tell us what they need.”
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