Jim Jordan held an early Friday morning press convention to attempt to bully Republicans into voting for him for Speaker, and it was a catastrophe.
Jordan instantly obtained indignant when he was requested to put out his path ahead:
Q to Jim Jordan: Lay out your path. Are you going to name roll name vote after roll name vote and attempt to put on your opponents down?
Jordan instantly will get testy and cuts off the query, “Cease.” pic.twitter.com/4cSGFEpqGE
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 20, 2023
It obtained so dangerous that even reporters have been telling Jordan he doesn’t have the votes to be Speaker:
Jordan rambled on about going to the Wright Brothers museum and mentioned repeatedly that the one manner out of this mess is for Republicans to elect a Speaker and that he deliberate on protecting the Home in Washington for votes all weekend till he’s elected.
Jim Jordan’s Press Convention Did Nothing However Confuse and Enrage Home Republicans
CNN’s Manu Raju:
Have heard from plenty of GOP members not joyful about Jordan’s suggestion to maintain them in all weekend to vote on extra ballots. Could solely drive up his Republican opposition
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 20, 2023
The one factor that Jordan completed was shedding extra votes:
Jim Jordan’s opposition inside his celebration is predicted to develop regardless of his efforts to flip holdouts during the last couple days, in line with a number of Republican members who oppose his nomination. One predicted he might lose 29 at the moment.
Jordan hopes he has flipped at the least a pair— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 20, 2023
Jake Sherman says Republicans don’t know what Jordan is doing:
Home Republicans — Jordan supporters and opponents — are utterly befuddled by that press convention. I’ve gotten various what-is-he-doing calls within the final 20 minutes.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 20, 2023
Jordan’s Press Convention Was A Catastrophe
Jim Jordan has no plan or imaginative and prescient for a path ahead for Home Republicans. Jordan thinks he can drag this out lengthy sufficient that his opponents will give and go together with him as Speaker.
Rep. Jordan had nothing to say, and he referred to himself because the Speaker designee, however nobody designated him to be the following Speaker. Jim Jordan is the Republican nominee to be Speaker of the Home, however there isn’t any such factor as a Speaker designee.
Jordan has assigned himself a title, and he appears to be attempting to pretend it till he makes it, however Home Republicans don’t need him, and Jordan’s presence is making the disaster worse.
Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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