House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will again run for Speaker, after narrowly losing the nomination to Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) just days ago.

His challenger will be Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), who filed to run Friday.

  • @Nightwingdragon
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    31 year ago

    Because both halves of the party would let the world burn before they voted for a Democrat for speaker. They may not have the first clue who they want, but they can all agree that it won’t be a Democrat. It’s going to be a Republican, one way or the other. The best we can hope for is “least shitty option”, And right now, Austin “I’m only partially bigoted” Scott is the least shitty option that’s been put forth.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      There are 212 Democrat house members and 217 votes are needed to elect a speaker. Getting 5 moderate Republicans to vote with Democrats seems just as plausible to me as getting the Republicans to agree right now.