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Jim Jordan loses 3rd vote for House speaker; GOP opposition grows to 25 reps (www.usatoday.com)

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Round 1: 200 votes for Jordan

Round 2: 199 votes for Jordan

Round 3: 194 votes for Jordan

Additional detractors this round:

Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA): Jordan round 2, McHenry round 3

Tom Kean Jr. (R-NY): Jordan round 2, McCarthy round 3

Marc Molinaro (R-NY): Jordan round 2, Zeldin round 3

Other GOP changes:

Wesley Hunt (R-TX): Jordan round 2, absent round 3

Derrick Van Orden (R-WI): Jordan round 2, absent round 3

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)

If this was 'House of Cards'

Dems would offer Blue state GOPs who voted for Jeffries easy wins in November. The ten or so voted he'd need would be offset by loses in other states.

[–] Trustmeitsnotabailou@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If this was house of cards they would be black mailing the reps in the oval office with photos of all their kinks.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True story. After the 2016 election, there was a panel discussion with the creators of House of Cards, Scandal, The West Wing, and all the other US political TV shows. All the participants said the same thing; if they'd had a character denigrate American POWs the way Trump did in real life, the networks and advertisers would have demanded that the character be treated like a pariah on the show. We're already beyond anything fictional TV could allow.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

"Reality is stranger than what TV advertisers can imagine" is a lot less interesting than "reality is stranger than fiction"

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