So here we go again…

Please direct all comments and links regarding the actual VOTING to this thread.

Edit Confirmed, Mike Johnson is the next speaker after running the table of all present and voting Republicans, 220 to Hakeem Jeffries 209.

If you’d like to know more about Mike Johnson, here’s a good link:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/25/who-is-mike-johnson-republican-2020-election

I’ll leave this pinned for 24 hours so everyone can catch up, then take it down.

1st vote count is in:

Hakeem Jeffries - 212 (217 needed to win)
Jim Jordan - 200
Steve Scalise - 7
Kevin McCarthy - 6
“Others” - 7

Jordan could have only lost 4 votes, he lost 20.

2nd vote:

Jeffries - 212
Jordan - 199
Scalise - 7
McCarthy - 5
Zeldin - 3
“Others” - 7 (one each)

Edit 3rd vote is in, House in recess.

Jeffries - 210
Jordan - 194
Scalise - 8
McHenry - 6
Zeldin - 4
Donalds - 2
McCarthy - 2
“Others” - 3 (1 each)

Matt Gaetz has vowed to oppose expanding the powers for McHenry:

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4265284-gaetz-will-do-everything-possible-stop-empowering-mchenry/

  • Veedem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    103·
    1 year ago

    The guy described HIMSELF as “David Duke without the baggage.” I’ve never seen a word do as much lifting as the word “baggage” as he used it.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    602·
    1 year ago

    So, the Republican Party is down with the KKK. The mask is off, isn’t it?

    Will the “liberal media” please catch up?

      • banneryear1868@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        They basically help create the personas of these people to generate engagement. Obsessive liberal media coverage of Trump in January-March 2016 that immediately treated him as a frontrunner and amped up his persona. Coincidentally this was the coverage that Trump’s base consumed for entertainment. Almost all the MAGA Trump video montages at the time were “shocked” liberal media personalities.

        • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22·
          1 year ago

          Agreed. There are still a few journalists with the clout to be able to ask difficult questions and hold the powerful to account but they’re a dying breed. Most are shit scared of speak truth to power because they know they’ll be denied access if they upset anyone. It’s not journalism, it’s stenography.

          • banneryear1868@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 year ago

            I think it’s also the business model and decline of print media. News is now part of social media feeds competing with memes, internet drama, and friend’s posting. Quickly consumable content that generates interaction is way more likely to succeed, etc.

    • jasondj@ttrpg.network
      43·
      1 year ago

      I repeat, will the “liberal media” please catch up?

      We’re gonna have a problem here.

    • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      65·
      1 year ago

      the liberal media is too busy calling everyone who thinks a country shouldn’t cut off food and water to civilians is a terrorist enabler…

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
    261·
    1 year ago

    There we go! One of the Dems had the balls to call him what he is. A fucking insurrectionist. Fuck Gym Jorden and the Republican party.

  • Reptorian@lemmy.zipEnglish
    24·
    1 year ago

    You all should see the picture in “Jim Jordan fails to win the speakership on first ballot” at CNN. Absolutely hilarious.

    Oh man, my day has absolutely been brightened.

    EDIT: Here, I’ll try posting a picture:

    • Midnight@slrpnk.net
      7·
      1 year ago

      At least one member said they were switching from McCarthy to Jordan on the second vote, so sadly we’re probably not going to get a revolt.

  • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
    13·
    1 year ago

    Johnson, one of the most conservative options imaginable, won probably because Republicans were sick of the chaos.

    They are currently in the fuck around phase, and when it comes time to do the budget, will find out. Johnson will either trigger a shutdown and get all the blame onto the Republicans by refusing to compromise (and further prove the crazies have taken over the party) or he’ll get a deal with Democrats and then Gaetz will yeet him again.

    I give it until… Dec 1. Until speaker elections begin again.

    • aidan@lemmy.worldM
      2·
      1 year ago

      Personally I prefer this to just two united parties, that’s how stuff like the PATRIOT Act got enacted. It also leads to compromises being bipartisan rather than non-partisan. There is a preferable way the parties could be divided, but this is better than nothing.

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Someone fill me in. I don’t know shit about this guy.

    I’m watching the vote live, and the in-video chat are all saying the guy is an election denier, full blown MAGA, and would promote a government shutdown. If this is the case, MAGA wins and will be emboldened to pull this shit again and again, knowing that they’ll get their way in the end because the moderates of the party will eventually cave.

    Good luck getting any kind of debt ceiling bill passed. This guy isn’t gonna cut a backroom deal to get a bill passed knowing full well that they’ll just hold another motion to vacate the minute they even sniff him trying.

    EDIT: Yup, full blown MAGA. Swallows the Trump mushroom dick right down to the balls. MAGA wins. They have officially taken over the GOP.

    • Wrench@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      This is what the country gets for giving the Republicans more seats in the mid terms. Congrats, you played yourselves.

    • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
      3·
      1 year ago

      There will be one. They need to pass aid for Israel, Ukraine, and fund border security. The donors demand it. After that? Good luck

      • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        Border security? Yeah. Israel? Probably. Ukraine? I’m not so sure.

        Biden wants all the aid in one package. The GOP want to split it up so they can vote on border security and Israel and ignore Ukraine.

        And then there are other holdouts who just want deep cuts everywhere and are willing to watch the world burn to get it. If these morons have all consolidated around this guy, that means he promised them something. And if it’s MAGA that’s asking for it, you know it’s not going to be good. These people just learned that if they hold out long enough, they’ll eventually get their way. You think after that they’re going to be willing to negotiate on anything? No, they’re going to make their demands, and will force a government shutdown until they get their way. Again.

  • Midnight@slrpnk.net
    12·
    1 year ago

    My day is made immeasurably better by Jim Jordan’s failure. This entertainment is surely the best thing he’s ever done for the country.

  • NegativeNull@lemm.ee@lemm.eeEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Groundhog day:

    The House adjourned without a vote for a new speaker. The Republican caucus have not reached the necessary 217 votes within the conference to elect Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who leads in the GOP with 152 in favor. [link]

  • kescusay@lemmy.world
    131·
    1 year ago

    I wonder if Scalise can beat McCarthy’s record fifteen votes? I’ll bet he can!

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPM
      4·
      1 year ago

      We’ll leave the Megapost up for now just in case there are some surprise midnight shenanigans, but nice catch!