LIVE: Gather 'Round And Watch Jim Jordan Fail, Or America Fail, Or Both

Please watch and tell us what happens.

Evan Hurst

Oct 17, 2023

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Will Jim Jordan get the votes? Will Republicans put that traitor that close to the presidency?

Or will the holdout Republicans not be cowards this time? LMAO.

Here’s Robert Costa from a couple hours ago:

Still hearing from members Jordan is at least 10 away from the gavel, with some saying his support is very soft and there are likely more than two dozen people inclined to vote against him. Q is, can Jordan really turn this around on the floor if there are multiple ballots?

And here’s Jake Sherman from this morning:

☀️JORDAN IN TROUBLE There are somewhere between a dozen and 20 something no votes on Jordan’s candidacy to be speaker. Lawmakers tell us they’ll drop off if he doesn’t win on first ballot. We have a deeply reported list on who is in play, who is out as Jordan tried to reach pinnacle of power.

Guess we’ll see. John Bresnahan reports that the voting will actually start around 1 p.m., and that some of the reported “nos” come early in the alphabet, so that should be a good indicator of how this will go for Jordan on the first, or the second, or the ninth vote.

All the Democrats will be in attendance. Here’s Wonkette’s earlier story on the subject while you wait.

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