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Originally Posted by bobabode
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According to an article on CNBC yesterday, there are a significant number of House Republicans who made it clear that they were casting a vote for Jordan, but that if he did not win on the first ballot they would not vote for him again.
If this is accurate, his attempts at becoming speaker are done. Problem is, there are enough Jordan loyalists to queer every vote. And of course, Jordan and his minions would be more than happy to have a long term government shut down next month...the destruction of the US government, as it has operated for almost 250 years, has always been their goal.
Facing this catastrophe there is one quick cure. Jeffries got 212 votes from the 212 House Democrats. He will get 212 votes in the next one, and in all the possible upcoming votes for Speaker. Would a catastrophic shut down convince 5 Republicans who have some integrity (are there 5 of these?) to make Jeffries the next House Speaker? One other cure, the Republicans who would vote for a more reasonable member of their conference (is there one of these?), go to the Democrats and convince enough of them to vote for their "reasonable" candidate...and to avoid a shut down, the Democrats agree to give that person the votes needed.