This thought relies on the amount of funds and oversight given to Israel after the new speaker is voted in. Trump endorsed him even though it was controversial. I find it hard to believe white hats diddnt know there was a new war about to start. Was the removal of McCarthy an effort to halt funding from being railroaded through as soon as fighting started? A counter to the kneejerk reaction
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Well, it appears the McCarthy protege, congressman Scalise has been selected as their boy. He still needs to be confirmed by the whole House, but I'm hoping that Gaetz and others force Scalise to oblige to the same deal as McCarthy agreed on.
If there was any lessons learned by McCarthy's treachery and broken promises, I sure hope Gaetz and others learned from it to strengthen the deal.
Lastly, wasn't it Scalise who said that he wanted McCarthy voted back in? I thought it was odd that Scalise suddenly wanted to be Speaker after Jordan announced his intentions. Before, Scalise declined it back in 2022.
So did Jim though...
On 10-04-23 wrote about Jim Jordan being putatively captured by the DS. They attempted to do the same with Matt Gaetz, but he refused to be taken prisoner of blackmail.
The difference between Jim Jordan and Scalise is that by becoming Speaker of the House, Jim Jordan would be in a better position to free himself of this blackmail. Jim Jordan is yet another victim of [the DS] political blackmailers, who with the Mockingbird News, conjured up this witch hunt of "sexual abuse" allegations against him. I recall it being a hot-and-heavy topic in the news..... Then it all seemed to mysteriously go away.
Let's review the allegations. The allegation is when Jim Jordan was the assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State from 1986 to 1994 and accused of failing to stop Dr. Richard Strauss from sexually molesting the student-athletes.
Think about this.
Why would an assistant coach know what the Athletic department medical doctor is doing behind closed doors? The medical doctor only provides medical reports of injury and determines if the athlete can participate in competition. This doctor covered athletes in baseball, cheerleading, cross country, fencing, football, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and wrestling, during his time. After 25 years or so of calm, and after the suicide of Dr. Strauss in 2005, this becomes headline news in 2018. This is after Jim Jordan was making a name for himself in Congress. The scandal gained national attention after more than five former wrestlers came forward and claimed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) ignored the sexual abuse of athletes and students by Strauss during his tenure as the assistant coach of Ohio State’s wrestling team. Jordan has continued to deny knowing anything about the abuse. One wrestler, Mike DiSabato, said he knew Jordan was aware because it was something the athletes regularly discussed, “mainly with nervous banter, locker room banter.” Jordan is correct when he said, “Conversations in a locker room are a lot different than allegations of abuse, or reported abuse to us”. No official complaint was reported. This is exculpatory and you'd think the story would end, but it hasn't because the use of leverage and blackmail is always a limited commodity.
This is the same tactic of blackmail the DS uses again and again. It's very effective too. IMHO, Jim Jordan has become a disappointment ever since. It is an indication he has been captured. The Speaker-ship was perhaps an avenue to free himself of this leverage.
How might you ask? It is the same people who behind closed doors nominated Scalise. Within this group are the RINOs that are leveraging Jordan. If Jordan was Speaker of the House, these RINOs would not have a weakened standing.