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, “Stop.” 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 means out of this mess is for Republicans to elect a Speaker and that he deliberate on maintaining the House in Washington for votes all weekend till he’s elected.
Jim Jordan’s Press Conference Did Nothing But Confuse and Enrage House Republicans
CNN’s Manu Raju:
Have heard from a number of GOP members not completely happy about Jordan’s suggestion to maintain them in all weekend to vote on extra ballots. May solely drive up his Republican opposition
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 20, 2023
The solely factor that Jordan achieved was shedding extra votes:
Jim Jordan’s opposition inside his get together is predicted to develop regardless of his efforts to flip holdouts over the past couple days, based on a number of Republican members who oppose his nomination. One predicted he might lose 29 as we speak.
Jordan hopes he has flipped at the least a pair— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 20, 2023
Jake Sherman says Republicans do not know what Jordan is doing:
House Republicans — Jordan supporters and opponents — are fully befuddled by that press convention. I’ve gotten a variety of what-is-he-doing calls within the final 20 minutes.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 20, 2023
Jordan’s Press Conference Was A Disaster
Jim Jordan has no plan or imaginative and prescient for a path ahead for House Republicans. Jordan thinks he can drag this out lengthy sufficient that his opponents will give and associate 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 House, however there is no such thing as a such factor as a Speaker designee.
Jordan has assigned himself a title, and he appears to be attempting to faux it till he makes it, however House Republicans don’t need him, and Jordan’s presence is making the disaster worse.
Jason is the managing editor. He can also be a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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