No clear front runner for House Speaker after GOP candidate forum – IOTW Report

No clear front runner for House Speaker after GOP candidate forum

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A closed-door candidate forum for House Speaker held Tuesday with GOP Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, making their final pitches for the post failed to produce a clear frontrunner, according to multiple GOP lawmakers who attended the event.

Held during a party conference meeting, the forum saw the two declared candidates attempt to woo Republican representatives to become the next leader of the lower chamber of Congress.

Votes are on hold in the House until a new Speaker assumes office. The winner will need a simple majority of 218 of yes votes on the House floor to assume office. more

11 Comments on No clear front runner for House Speaker after GOP candidate forum

  1. Either probably okay – Trump would have been interesting in that perhaps the GOP in the House may have developed a backbone and put on kneepads with his leadership. Jordan has been tough at times and we know Scalise has shed blood for the cause.

    The old adage “Now is the time for all good men (and women) to come to the aid of their country.”

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  2. Sorry, but with a track record the likes of Boehner, Ryan and McCarthy don’t get your hopes up. I have little faith in the repuglickin party as a whole. Newsmax is now flooding the air with pro McCarthy RINOs saying it was a huge mistake ousting him.

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  3. the obsolete & inefficient spincter-system needs to be flushed. a triad of majority-party types would difuse the dictatorial powers that these dicksuckers seem to embrace.

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  4. Gotta acknowledge that even as Pelosi, Schumer et al pulled their platform to the extreme left they were still able to get every vote they needed, to impeach Trump twice without any reason. Meanwhile, while the Dems are making it easier and easier for GOP to just do the honorable thing, they still can’t do it. Just incredible how weak the GOP is as a party. Props to the handful who are truly consistent, well at least to Rand Paul and to Tommy Tuberville as I can’t offhand think of many that haven’t gone the Dan Crenshaw route. MTG and maybe Gaetz.

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  5. We promise to have a new Speaker, hopefully before the next election. Currently neither one has the votes. Maybe boxing gloves might help. McHenry’s temp position as Speaker sole power is limited to only electing a new Speakers. By the House rules he is not allowed to do anything else.

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  6. On the bright side,
    since the Uniparty™ CRIMINALS who have been sucking the federal udders dry for DECADES won’t do a goddamn thing right, Preznit Shitpants may just declare Martial Law (he absolutely is that stoopit)
    and thus the long anticipated Big Boogaloowill finally commence.

    WWIII will be everywhere and include near everyone. Y’all ready?

    Don’t forget to ‘thank’ every self-serving ‘public servant’ who brought this great country and it’s great people to their knees at the worst time possible.

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  7. I can remember several times that R’s have had a majority in House or Senate. A few times both, and with an R in White House. They have stepped on their dicks every gd time. Don’t be surprised or butthurt when they are the minority party again, apparently that is their comfort zone.

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