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/
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.