Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Jordan is at risk of seeing his opposition grow over multiple ballots, sources say

Jordan is sure to piss off non-Trump Republicans by trying to force them to vote for him. It's his basic nature to make a lot of people hate him. (which also means he would be a really lousy Speaker) and dangerous as third in line for the Presidency in an emergency. It worries me that Biden is Going to the Middle East right now because if anything happened to him it likely is going to be Armageddon.

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Jordan is at risk of seeing his opposition grow over multiple ballots, sources say

From CNN's Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona

As Rep. Jim Jordan meets with a number of allies in hopes of swaying key holdouts to his speakership bid, GOP sources say his opposition could grow if the votes continue over multiple rounds of ballots. 

Jordan is now meeting with key chairmen and top Republicans in House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s office as they try to lean on holdouts and make offers to win their support.

A GOP source said that some members only committed to backing Jordan for speaker on the first ballot so opposition to the Ohio Republican cou

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