Republicans dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel.

The blocked-House impasse deepening, Republicans have no realistic or workable plan to unite the fractured GOP majority, elect a new speaker and return to the work of Congress that has been languishing since hard-liners ousted Kevin McCarthy at the start of the month.

  • @thisisawayoflife
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    61 year ago

    I oppose Republicans, but I don’t want to see that done either. They should either eliminate the position entirely (change the Constitution) or elect someone. If they can’t elect someone, then Congress should grind to a halt until it’s done, and we deserve the fallout that brings.

    • @troglodytis
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      61 year ago

      Because we, the people, voted for this shit show.

      Hopefully we do better next go around

      • @thisisawayoflife
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        61 year ago

        Not all of us, but yeah, large swaths of gerrymandered (and not) population did.