Revenge of the RINOs
A faction of Republican RINOs vow to run a challenger on Tuesday throughout the Home vote for Speaker.
On Sunday Jeffries, one of many least spectacular political leaders in latest historical past, advised Meet the Press {that a} handful of RINOs are working with Democrats to sabotage Jim Jordan’s vote within the Home.
On Friday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) gained the GOP nomination for Speaker. Jordan is wildly widespread with grassroots conservatives and quite a few conservative teams. A number of Kevin McCarthy supporters had been outraged that the grassroots would challenged the entrenched Republican institution and take away the previous Speaker from workplace.
We can be retaining tabs on the RINOs who vote towards Jim Jordan.
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Politico reported:
A faction of Republicans that strongly opposes Jim Jordan is vowing he’ll have a challenger throughout the Home ground speakership vote on Tuesday, in line with two Home Republicans accustomed to the planning.
Whereas they haven’t but nailed down a particular identify, they consider the particular person they finally land on won’t solely give you the chance block Jordan from the speakership, but additionally give cowl to those that need to vote towards him. The challenger will definitely take arrows from the far-right flank of the convention, which is pushing laborious for Jordan.
“There can be another for the rational a part of the Republican convention,” stated certainly one of these Home Republicans.
It’s an unwelcome improvement for Jordan that can additional complicate his rocky bid to get to 217 votes on the Home ground. Few Home Republicans had predicted he would face a competitor after he gained the convention’s nomination on Friday.
Jordan was the second speaker nominee this previous week, after his supporters first helped block Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) by making clear they might not give him the 217 votes wanted.
That upset Scalise allies, main one – Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) – to problem Jordan. Scott obtained 81 votes, vs. 124 for Jordan.
