House members cast a second round of ballots for Speaker on Wednesday, but House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) fared no better, in fact losing support from the first vote on Tuesday.
The final Speaker vote was 199 for Jordan, 212 for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and 22 for someone else.
But speaking after the vote, Jordan was undeterred in his work to reach 217 votes and flip holdouts. “We picked up some today, a couple dropped off, but they voted for me before. I think they can come back again. So we’ll keep talking to members. Keep working on it,” he said.
It is unclear if there will be another vote on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the push to expand the power of McHenry is heating up as the fractured GOP conference struggles to see a way forward.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4262180-calls-mchenry-rise-jordan-speaker-vote-live-coverage/
Shut it down
This! The uni-party has to end. Either vote for America first or let the shutdown begin and we will just watch the corporation dissolve.
So many of us used to complain that the Dems were always in lockstep (not good for the people), and the Reps couldn't get their act together when it mattered most (also not good for us). Now we know they all work for the same masters, and it ain't us.
Burn it down would be more appropriate.
Burn it down with those traitors locked inside!
I said this yesterday and had someone cry to me that it would be better to have a RINO in charge than shut the government down. Mainly due to all the government workers and military who won't get paid. Even though they will all get back pay. When I told him I know, because my household won't get paid either, to include my son who is active duty. He didn't care. The truth of the matter is all the banks and the dollar are heading for a hard crash. When that happens no one is getting paid. Better to have someone in charge of the House now who will be able to lead us through that crisis. Rather than another RINO who will only care about his deep state buddies.
The love of money is the root of all evil. I work for the government and won’t get paid until it reopens if it shuts down. Assuming it will reopen. My wife is currently out of work as well. I say shut it down and fix what needs fixin. Get rid of fake opposition and bring in MAGA warriors. It’s time to end the perpetual circus and get back to the people’s work.
I've gotten into being a precinct delegate. I'm going to give a shout out to anyone with any inclination to get involved to consider getting into politics to start there. We'll have a difficult time getting all this cleaned up when we don't even have enough honest players on the bench to put in there once things play out, and it takes a couple years to get up to speed.
The government is funded for a year. Nothing is going to shut down.
I could be wrong, but I believe it was just a 45-day extension. That's going to come up on us very soon.
Honestly if we get another dumbass Democrat like Jeffries in the Speakership, the Republicans will have nobody to blame but themselves.
Republicans showing everyone how incompetent they are, time and time again. I'm done with this shit!
Less about incompetence and more about being bought off and/or blackmailed I think.
It's not about Republicans versus Democrats. It's MAGA versus Deep State. A Deep State Republican would much rather have a Deep State Democrat running the house than a MAGA Republican.
That's what getting exposed as we speak.
Not incompetence. Corruption, and many of them hate us.
THEY HATE US FOR OUR FREEDOM!
TBH, I think that was in the cards. The ring linger of all of this was Rep Don Bacon, and he got found out via leaked e-mail today:
https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1714034734089580934
The way he was pushing for a second vote I believe he had the votes to get Jefferies in. The "insurrection" was actually a blessing in disguise, it stopped a second vote and exposed Don Bacon for being the ring leader, along with that group No Labels.
It's not incompetence. It's competent corruption. They know who their masters are, and it ain't you and me.
It's vary weird for the patriot side to be whipping the RINO side. Really the first time I've witnessed that dynamic in my entire life.
Wonder what their game plan is? Seems like Jordan honestly isn't sure why they're where they are. We knew what Gaetz and company were holding out for-what do these people want?
They want the Status Quo the uni-party has worked so hard to establish.
We do not have two parties as we are told. We have one big uni-party.
All the RINOs are out in the open.
This.
Look at the state of the world. It looks like Biden just put us in WW3. We have Taliban walking open in American streets. We have an open border that is out of control. Crime and depravity is increasing.
All of it a smokescreen, to keep the uni-party alive. To keep the warmongers paid.
Trump gave us 4 years of relative peace. Peace is bad for business. Jim Jordan leads us to another Trump presidency, and they can't have that.
Who the F on the Republican side is voting for dipshit Jefferies?! I mean I guess if they really want Stalin to return, sure vote that douche in! 😣
No republicans are voting for Jeffries, at least not yet. There are 212 demonrats and they all vote in perfect lockstep the way their leaders tell them to vote, in this case it's voting for Jeffries.
They truly hate us. If it were up to them, we'd all be dead. But how would they ever get their pockets lined with nobody providing the $$$?
They add the $ on the FED computer. Don’t even need a printer anymore.
Question- how many Dems-Republicans-independents? This is why it makes me crazy to have such narrow margins between numbers... and why the down ticket ballot wins by fraud were so frustrating and SHOULD NOT have been accepted. I find that vote number for Jeffries alarming.
Right!? We are at war, no doubt about it.
Oh yeah, I can't fathom how all of these cretins leftists can support people that blatantly have no regard for what's good for the country. But then again, that's why they are leftists. So unbelievably gay.
Why?
It's the number of Democrats isn't it?
What Republicans are voting for Hakeem?
That's more interesting to me than anyone voting "someone else".
None.
This may not remain true though.
KA-BOO-KI
Lol.... absolutely!!
Rino shit bags need to be primaried
They’re doing the hard work for us too.
Time to shine a lot more light on the RINOs.
There is only one way that you can get someone to change their vote, it’s called concessions… what deals he making with the devils…
Although it would be easy to control the side that hides everything, what kind of dirt is he holding over their heads?
We are no longer under the 1871 US Corp Act. Which means the SOTH will be chosen under "The New Republic".
No US Representative can become SOTH if they hold a dual US/Israel citizenship.......
Drawing closer to the precipice.
Freaking Wittman and Keegan from Virginia better have voted for them. Where is the new name list?
Screw it. Let's put Jeffries in charge and see just how bad it can really get. You want more people to finally wake up so we can get the final act going? Let's put Mr "I'm afraid if we put more troops in Guam it'll tip over and sink" in charge of the HoRs in [DC].
I can think of no better way to wake The People up quickly than to do this. The Uniparty has spoken anyway. There's enough of [them] there that [they] won't allow a Rep like Jordan, or Gaetz, or anyone else but one of [their] own be voted in as Speaker anyway. The problem is there's still too many people fully asleep or half asleep to do anything meaningful about it yet.
So, let's get it started ..ha!!
Edit: An added benefit is that [they] would need Rs to vote him in, so this would further expose and flush out any snakes we may have not already identified.
This is quite accurate if you sound out the acronym! 😄
'Screw it - put Jeffries in charge and see how bad it can really get?' My friend it would get REALLY bad, not to think of the depression and anxiety that will result to all of us faithful observers Believing, Waiting, Hoping everything is in control and the movie is coming to a conclusion.
Interesting that the 199th Q post points to the Iran deal!
u/#q199
We are definitely reaching SUM OF ALL FEARS levels of world conflict. With the Precipice right around the corner, I would not be at all surprised if the White Hats are puppeteering the entire vote to send clear messages to the Republican RINOs and Democrat traitors that their time as managers of the corporation is at an end.
All it takes is one person call for the hook on jefferies...
Who is the AZ Demo?
oh no what a total surprise
What a colossal shit show.
…I’m here for it
Will it be another spectacle like the 15 or 14 votes It took last time?
Those 212 that voted for Jeffries are all the Democrats in the House.
WTF - please God send the comet.
Who in the actual fuck is Hakeem ?!
Literally never heard of the 🤡
10:10 or gtfo
He's Nancy Pelosi's bitch, like all the Dems and Rinos on the hill.
And (IF) we don't get the vote SOON, Jeffries will end up with the Speaker. I do believe Nancy Pelosi has her hand in this.
212: The number of democrat goons. They have no soul. They just do what they are told. Then there are the traitors - the gop rinos who also have no soul, and work for the highest bidder.
I dont understand. For any election isnt the process 1- nominate a candidate, 2- candidate accepts nomination (repeat for other candidates) then vote.
I didnt see Boehner, W Bush, accept nomination and with McCarthy & Scalise withdrew.
So how does this work. Someone could vote for Mickey Mouse, win, then what?