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.

  • @affiliate
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    118 months ago

    do republicans even have a “square one” anymore?

    • @sirboozebum
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      8 months ago

      It’s hard to find square one when they have Trump’s balls in their mouths.