With voting underway, at least nine Republicans had cast ballots against his bid, likely leaving him short of the 217 votes he would need to win the job. More rounds of voting are expected if he does not prevail on the first vote.

If he prevails, the Ohio lawmaker who has spent years fighting with leaders of his own party could end up in a position that puts him second in line for the presidency.

Republicans who control the chamber nominated Jordan as a replacement for Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker by a small group of his fellow Republicans on Oct. 3.

“He is a patriot, an America First warrior who wins the toughest of fights,” Republican Representative Elise Stefanik said as she nominated Jordan for speaker on the House floor.

  • AFK BRB Chocolate
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    1241 year ago

    He is a patriot

    How does anyone say that with a straight face? What a terrible joke.

    But they’ll probably get him in the chair after enough rounds of voting. I’d never put my money on the strength of character of house Republicans.

    • @kaitco
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      521 year ago

      You didn’t know? Only the most patriotic Americans would support the violent overthrow of a democratically elected government.

      • AFK BRB Chocolate
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        81 year ago

        Clearly.

        (That’s only true when they succeed, of course.)

    • @[email protected]
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      201 year ago

      It’s Elise Stefanik saying that, she’s a Trump humping opportunist, she couldn’t give AF if Jordan had raped wrestlers at Ohio State himself, she would still use doublespeak to prop Jordan up as something he’s absolutely not.

      These fucking people don’t know what a patriot is and don’t care at all about anything that doesn’t affect them.

    • @grue
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      151 year ago

      You gotta keep going with the quote:

      He is a patriot, an America First warrior

      Fascist Representative Elise Stafanik was specifically praising Jim Jordan’s NAZI bona-fides.

    • @NewNewAccount
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      51 year ago

      The word is now a dog whistle. Patriot means fascist-loving, liberal-hating, bootlicking asshole.

    • @Dkarma
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      21 year ago

      Stefanik is a quack qtard