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Snackshack

(2,585 posts)
28. That headline is wrong...
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 06:38 PM
Oct 2023

Technically correct but realistically it is DJT that is pressure cooking all things in the way of Jordan getting speakership. Because while not impossible, there’s a ray or 2 of sunlight keeping it alive still but most likely DJT will not be SotH however if Jordan gets it then it is the same difference.

The DA in Georgia just wrote Jordan telling him in no uncertain terms he was “abusing his power” as chair of house judicial ctm and he needs to stay in his lane.

Personally I think DA Willis should have taken a different tack and kept just throwing procedure after procedure and process after some more procedure followed by precedent as the gop/McConnell did/does effectively during PBO’s 2 terms and now to drag out or string along the country and keep Jordan busy doing nothing. That way even as judiciary ctm. chair he won’t have time to do real damage elsewhere.

I don’t know that Jordan as SofH has anymore oversight on the actions of DA Willis to obstruct but if it does the Dems should probably engage on the side of and benefit for the country instead of what they just did in siding w/ gaetz and support the current drama that may look like a bunch of immature, idiots on the school play ground and be funny haha but it is not.

The United States of America’s government has become unfit to lead and that is the very foundation the country rests on. We sat back and watched this same discontinuity and chaos come from Russia back in the 90’s and we knew that was the end of the Cold War and them but Russia didn’t. I remember reading the same framing of news about Russia and that it was a hiccup and they would get back up on their feet and things would be okay…

No, that didn’t happen and when the fall came in a weird twist of irony the vacuum created by the very corruption and incompetence in governance that had brought Russia up too then over the breaking point was filled by an even bigger corrupt and incompetent governance on steroids, it’s institution's did not save it ours will not either especially if they are not used.

I highly recommend listening to G. Kirschner’s podcast if you don’t already. Our institutions are not robust enough to absorb the chaos in 2024 as we barely did in 2020. As Kirschner asked, pleaded DOJ please take a swing at accountability. There are many gop members of the house who participated in and still to this day support the “insurrection” (not my choice of word, Federal Judge’s choice) of J6…Jordan is one of those gop members that DOJ has decided to pass on just like gaetz and his sex trafficking…. hobby, I guess now that Garland decided not to pursue.

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No one with any integrity would give in to that kind of pressure. Jim__ Oct 2023 #1
surely you jest azureblue Oct 2023 #10
The "brow beating" and social media nonsense is just so tired. The hard no 20 gqp don't like PortTack Oct 2023 #2
What's Jordan threatening? To primary them? no_hypocrisy Oct 2023 #3
Gym J should be seeking Dennis Hastert's endorsement. keithbvadu2 Oct 2023 #4
I seek Gym as Hastert's cell mate Zambero Oct 2023 #8
Bully vlyons Oct 2023 #5
I have emailed my "moderate" GOP rep Zambero Oct 2023 #6
If Gym Jordan becomes Speaker, Trump will set up shop adjacent to Capitol Hill bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #7
Even if you try to polish a turd it's still a turd kimbutgar Oct 2023 #9
But he's Trump's Turd! azureblue Oct 2023 #16
You know if he becomes speaker it will be 24/7 what did he know and when did he know it. ratchiweenie Oct 2023 #11
Part of me agrees with you. paleotn Oct 2023 #24
So he expects to win by threatening members of his own party Novara Oct 2023 #12
Yep "right-wing pressure campaign against Republicans opposed to electing him speaker" sounds like.. Attilatheblond Oct 2023 #13
It is a Trump tactic Jarqui Oct 2023 #14
Sauce for the Gander Nutgraf48 Oct 2023 #15
They eat their own. TeamProg Oct 2023 #17
I bet some will cave to it, but this approach would seem to ensure he never gets the full 217. nt Gore1FL Oct 2023 #18
Is this the GOP's best? Third in line to the President? LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #19
The thinking is that moderates are more likely to cave than extremists andym Oct 2023 #20
Agreed. The one thing about congress people. They love their jobs and will do a lot to keep them. paleotn Oct 2023 #23
The beatings will continue until morale improves maxrandb Oct 2023 #21
Ain't got the votes. paleotn Oct 2023 #22
NEW low for the Republican Party? LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #25
Gym Jordan is an insurrectionist LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #26
Jacket Off Gym. Fuck you you fascist Evolve Dammit Oct 2023 #27
That headline is wrong... Snackshack Oct 2023 #28
Positioning his self PlutosHeart Oct 2023 #29
Throwing crap against the wall is always a good start. Getting sticky with it. czarjak Oct 2023 #30
So being an even bigger asshole BlueIdaho Oct 2023 #31
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