Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) tried to threaten his way into becoming Speaker of the House, and his plan totally backfired. Here are some tweets House Republican no Jordan voters who all talk about threats and intimidation: Lots of No votes talking in the last …
Read More »Taylor Swift’s Box Office Domination Joins Barbie’s to Spell Cultural Trouble for Republicans
As the Republican-led House of Representatives moves to elect Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio as Speaker, the Republican Party shows itself to be more and more out of touch with the culture. It is, after all, the cultural Year of the Femme, as both Barbie and Taylor Swift’s The Eras …
Read More »Biden’s Strong Israel Response Has Republicans Reeling
Republicans thought they would politically benefit from the Hamas attack on Israel, but on Sunday, Nikki Haley showed that Biden’s response left the GOP with nothing. On CNN’s State of the Union, Haley couldn’t criticize Biden on Israel, so she changed the topic to …
Read More »House Republicans Are Threatening To Not Show Up For Jim Jordan Vote And Make Hakeem Jeffries Speaker
In response to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) potentially forcing a speaker vote on the House floor, anti-Jordan votes threatened to not show up and let Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) win the election. This is how toxic things have become on the Republican side of …
Read More »Hakeem Jeffries Tells Republicans They Only Have One Way Out
Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) told House Republicans that the only way out of their speaker crisis is a coalition government. Jeffries said, “Democrats stand ready and willing to work with Republican colleagues to find a bipartisan path forward. The only way out is to enter into an enlightened, …
Read More »Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Urges 5 House Republicans To Vote For Hakeem Jeffries To Be Speaker
While Democrats aren’t formally engaged in trying to flip any Republican speaker votes yet, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) powerfully argued why five of them should vote for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries for speaker. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: Given that the vote for Speaker was supposed to …
Read More »Some Republicans Back Jordan in Reflection of McCarthy-Scalise Beef
Representative Erin Houchin, a first-term Republican from Indiana, was chosen as the poster child for the new House G.O.P. in the opening months of the 118th Congress, promoted by leaders as a fresh, friendly and broadly appealing face for their party. Ms. Houchin joined the Main Street Caucus, a group …
Read More »Republicans Are Deadlocked Heading Into Speaker Contest
House Republicans remain deeply divided over who should lead them before a closed-door meeting on Wednesday morning in which they will attempt to choose a nominee for speaker. Should they unite around a candidate, a vote could come on the House floor as early as Wednesday afternoon, but that possibility …
Read More »Republicans Search for Unity on Speaker Candidate Ahead of Vote
Republicans toiled on Tuesday to unite around a candidate for speaker on the eve of an internal party contest that has highlighted their divisions amid deep uncertainty in the House of Representatives. Fewer than half of House Republicans had publicly announced their support for either of the leading candidates to …
Read More »Georgia Senate Republicans Are Coming After Fani Willis To Protect Trump
Georgia Senate Republicans are using a new law to try to launch an investigation that will punish Fulton County DA Fani Willis and protect Trump. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported: Georgia Senate Republicans filed a formal complaint to punish Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis …
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