'We're desperate': McCarthy floats plan to return as speaker with Jordan as assistant

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David McAfee
October 24, 2023 7:53PM ET

Kevin McCarthy is floating a plan that would make him House speaker once again, but this time around he would be accompanied by Trump ally Jim Jordan as assistant speaker, NBC reports.

McCarthy was removed from the position by eight hardline Republicans including Matt Gaetz, after which McCarthy threw his support behind Jordan's speaker bid. Jordan, however, was unable to achieve the number of votes needed to get the gavel. Then, several other Republicans similarly failed to get the votes.

Now, there is a new plan under which the two would join forces, according to NBC.

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"Asked why the idea — which lacks key details, like how it would be enacted and whether it could even gain enough traction to happen — was being floated now, a GOP lawmaker replied: 'We’re desperate," NBC reported. "While the idea might seem far-fetched and it has not been pitched broadly within the GOP Conference, it is being discussed among some Republicans after Emmer, the third GOP nominee, dropped his bid. A source briefed on the idea likened it to the Speaker Nancy Pelosi/Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark arrangement that the Democrats had."

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Can they get any more pathetic?

[Sneederbunk]

1. Two half-wits do not make a whole.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. With Those Two, It's Multiplicative

They'd end up with a quarter-wit.

[BootinUp]

25. Spock would say somethin like It could be very dangerous to mind meld

with it.

[TheBlackAdder]

16. McCarthy's Mini Me.

[Walleye]

2. Enough with the gimmicks, are they desperate enough to talk to the Democrats yet?

Every one of those Democrats was elected by their district just like they were. The Democrats aren’t from a foreign country, deal with them. Republicans making bargains with each other? Would be meaningless

[lame54]

4. Jordan as ass speaker

[usaf-vet]

22. We already know how useless Jordan is as and assistant. It's the old I see nothing, hear nothing and ignore the rest.

Useless smart ass.

[onecaliberal]

5. Hakeem Jeffries has gotten a plurality of votes multiple times.

[dchill]

6. Desperadoes or desperados?

We report. You decide.

[madaboutharry]

7. Would that even be Constitutional?

Such bullshit.

[former9thward]

14. Yes, its constitutional

Democrats had the same arrangement.

Assistant Speaker Clark Announces Candidacy for Democratic Whip

https://katherineclark.house.gov/2022/11/assistant-speaker-clark-announces-candidacy-for-democratic-whip

[madaboutharry]

17. So, McCarthy is willing to capitulate to the nut caucus

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and dilute the power of the Speaker. Isn’t that what got him kicked out in the first place?

[former9thward]

19. If that is the arrangement it would be a mistake.

No one should accept an arrangement which lowers the power of the Speaker.

[UTUSN]

20. "capitulate" - AGAIN. Those two together won't last a day.

He might as well have GAETZ as his assistant.

[keithbvadu2]

28. Shouldn't that be dilute? No. Wait. With weakling Kevin15, it truly is delude.

[madaboutharry]

29. Yeah, typo and autocorrect

It should be dilute. I’ll fix it.

[keithbvadu2]

31. I liked 'delude'.

[underpants]

8. As long as it's not Donalds.

[617Blue]

11. Agree.

[Mike Nelson]

9. Ha! Ha!

... having Jim as an asst. make Kevin more attractive? Weird... they're both Trump kissers, so how does that help? Maybe they should call Nancy Pelosi and ask her how it's done.

[Takket]

10. assistant speaker?????

what kind of BS is that???????

[former9thward]

15. Pelosi had the same arrangement.

Assistant Speaker Clark Announces Candidacy for Democratic Whip

https://katherineclark.house.gov/2022/11/assistant-speaker-clark-announces-candidacy-for-democratic-whip

[maxrandb]

23. No, she did NOT have the same arrangement

For decades, Democrats have elected an Assistant Speaker from their caucus. They are #4 in the "caucus" leadership and served as a "whip" to help whip votes.

The Retrumplicants are trying to create some kind of "co-speakership". They are trying to use the fact that Dems have called their #4 in House leadership "assistant speaker" for decades to try to argue; "see, we're just doing what the Dems do".

It's bullshit, and it's twisting language to try to shoehorn their shitshow into something normal.

Anyone think that Speaker Pelosi ever had to get approval from Congresswoman Clark?

Anyone think McCarthy wouldn't have get approval from Gym?

What McCarthy is suggesting in no way is similar to Clark being elected by her caucus as "assistant speaker".

In the Navy we had a supply guy called "Jack of the Dust". His name wasn't Jack, and he didn't rule the dust.

[former9thward]

43. You are speculating and trying to make it seem like facts.

Neither you nor I know what type of arrangement Pelosi had with Clark. Or what a R plan would be.

[maxrandb]

44. How can you say, after seeing the Retrumplicant House soup-sandwich

for the better part of 2 decades now, "you don't know what a Retrumplicant plan would be"?

Maybe stop "speculating" about Retrumplicants. It just serves to "normalize" them.

"Gee Jim, I don't know...maybe, if we put two asspickles together, we get a functional Congress"

[marmar]

12. Two piles of crap for the price of one

[Hugin]

13. It takes two of them to do the job Former Speaker Pelosi did with aplomb...

I'm surprised the smartest MEN in the room will admit that.

[RockRaven]

18. I mean, it makes sense insofar as the profile/power boost for Jordan may

get some of those Rs who voted to ditch McCarthy to accept Kevin back. They need to get something to change their vote vis-a-vis Kevin. But he needs to get half of those rogues, without losing a single other R (who may, for example, object to empowering/enabling Jordan further even if not the Speaker).

I doubt McCarthy actually tested this proposal out in private with the relevant people before floating it publicly -- which would be really dumb if so. The Rs who voted to oust Kevin and the Rs who voted against Jordan as Speaker ads up to about 30 people. That's who he would need to make this deal with (getting all but 4 to agree).

[ALBliberal]

21. Just to be clear this is not Gym being put forth as majority whip.

Correct? This a a position they are inventing?

TIA

[catbyte]

41. Yes, it's totally made up.

[Cha]

24. Shut UP LOSERS.

[Blue Owl]

26. Can you believe these two fucksticks????

[Silent Type]

27. Coalition speakership?

[Bluethroughu]

30. Just resign. The chaos crew should be removed

From office for their part in 1/6 and the rest should resign because they are scared of doing their jobs.

Do us all a favor and resign.

[NYC Liberal]

34. They should be indicted too.

[Bluethroughu]

37. 100%

[usonian]

32. That would be so harmonious a partnership.

[live love laugh]

33. They have literally been clowning 🤡 🎭 for 3 weeks now.

[no_hypocrisy]

35. I'm a little surprised that McCarthy didn't propose MTG as his "assistant".

[Emile]

36. Screw the election deniers!

[Shrek]

38. Same vibe

&ab_channel=TheOffice

[Johonny]

39. If you can't be an athlete be an athletic supporter

Jim Jordan's role as assistant speaker summed up.

[bluesbassman]

40. The sales for "Desperation: The Cologne" should be brisk in MAGAtland.

Pathetic.

[randr]

42. Reps are desperately hiding the fact that they know

Jeffries is the better choice for the country.
Let the man who gets the most votes rule!