House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will again run for Speaker, after narrowly losing the nomination to Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) just days ago. His challenger will be Rep. Aus…

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will again run for Speaker, after narrowly losing the nomination to Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) just days ago.

His challenger will be Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), who filed to run Friday.

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    381·
    11 months ago

    You’re not going to find a hell of a lot of “pros” in the House GOP as a whole. I’ll settle for whoever has the least cons. And while this guy may be a discriminatory pig, at the very least he’s not a MAGA-loving discriminatory pig. I know that’s not exactly a ringing endorsement, but from what we’ve seen from the GOP lately, any step up is noteworthy.

    There’s not going to be a “good” GOP candidate. We’re just hoping for “least shitty”. And someone who hasn’t drank the Trump Kool Aid is at least a step up from McCarthy.

    • Conyak@lemmy.tfEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Perhaps I’m missing something but why would you have to settle for any GOP candidate at this point? I mean unless you support the party itself why settle for the best of the worst at all when they don’t have a chance of getting elected with the Q cult refusing to support him?

      • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Because both halves of the party would let the world burn before they voted for a Democrat for speaker. They may not have the first clue who they want, but they can all agree that it won’t be a Democrat. It’s going to be a Republican, one way or the other. The best we can hope for is “least shitty option”, And right now, Austin “I’m only partially bigoted” Scott is the least shitty option that’s been put forth.

        • Conyak@lemmy.tfEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          There are 212 Democrat house members and 217 votes are needed to elect a speaker. Getting 5 moderate Republicans to vote with Democrats seems just as plausible to me as getting the Republicans to agree right now.