Now, the leaderless and rudderless Republicans must start all over again.
Rep. Jim Jordan , second from right, sits in the House chamber during voting for speaker on Friday. at the Capitol on Friday with a long story about touring the Ohio home of Orville and Wilbur, seeing their bicycle shop and their “gadgets and gizmos.” He marveled at their first flight, in Kitty Hawk, N.C., noting that it “barely” got off the ground. He then reminded reporters that, over the next 66 years, “We went from two guys flying 100 feet to putting a man on the moon.
Incredibly, Rep. Scott Perry , a Jordan ally, belittled the death threats. “All of us in Congress receive death threats,” hePerry, when he wasn’t excusing death threats against colleagues, was also preparing a resolution “removing the Honorable Patrick McHenry … from the position of elected speaker pro tempore.” Rep. Greg Steube was holding a copy of the resolution , on the House floor Friday, as
And Jordan supporters were throwing in the towel. “There’s no more runway,” said Pat Fallon . Troy Nehls said he would vote for former president Donald Trump on the next speaker ballot.
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