House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, falling back to square one
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Republicans have dropped Jim Jordan as their nominee for House speaker in a private meeting. This comes after Jordan failed Friday in a third try for the speaker's gavel.

Republicans dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel.

The blocked-House impasse deepening, Republicans have no realistic or workable plan to unite the fractured GOP majority, elect a new speaker and return to the work of Congress that has been languishing since hard-liners ousted Kevin McCarthy at the start of the month.

  • Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca
    38·
    1 year ago

    The doors really open wide when you consider that the nominee can be someone outside of the House. I nominate my 14 year old nephew, i think he’d at least do better than any republican in congress.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
      2·
      1 year ago

      Exactly.

      Democrats can (and should) go out and find excellent, apolitical candidates. National heroes. We can’t get Jeffries, OK. Understood. You can’t all agree on much, but you are united in not wanting a Democratic political operative as speaker. Understandable.

      Can any of the 221 GOP representatives stack up against former astronaut Scott Kelly? How about a random 9/11 firefighter? Any of the 66 living Medal of Honor recipients?

      Any candidate for speaker think they can compare favorably to any of these people?

      The speaker does not need to be a member of Congress, and the Speakership does not need to be a political position. Let’s establish a tradition where if we can’t get a partisan majority for speaker, we look for our candidate from the nation as a whole.