Constitution
Jim Jordan loses first roll-call vote
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), nominated for Speaker of the House, lost his first roll-call vote today when 20 Republicans balked.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), nominated candidate for Speaker of the House, fell 20 votes short in the first roll-call vote. The House is in recess at time of writing.
Jim Jordan falls short
The first roll-call vote, called beginning at 12:30 p.m. EDT, saw 432 votes cast. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) appears to be absent from the house. Of those who attended, 212 Democrats voted for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), and 200 Republicans voted for Jim Jordan. The twenty others voted for a smattering of “write-ins,” including Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Steve Scalise (R-La.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Mike Garcia (R-Calif.), Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Tom Cole (R-Okla.). Not one of these six voted for themselves, nor did anyone else but Jeffries and Jordan.
The twenty Republicans who voted for non-nominated candidates were:
- Bacon
- Buck
- Chavez-Deremer
- D’Esposito
- Diaz Balart
- Ellzey
- Garbarino
- Gimenez
- Gonzales
- Granger
- James
- Kelly
- Kiggans
- Lalota
- Lamalfa
- Lawler
- Rutherford
- Spartz
- Simpson
- Womack
(Source: Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit.)
This morning, Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) remained adamant in his refusal to vote for Jim Jordan. Jim Hoft gathered several X posts from Bacon, showcasing his defiance – though of whom, is not clear.
If anyone bribed Don Bacon, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) is not the only suspect. The influencer DC Draino named another:
List of holdouts incomplete
Jordan Conradson, at 12:16 p.m. EDT, published this story to The Gateway Pundit, expressing much confidence that Jim Jordan would win the day. But TGP obviously did not have all the holdouts listed in advance. One holdout they had listed, Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), voted for Jim Jordan on this first ballot.
When Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) will recall the House to order, is not clear. Oddly enough, he voted for Jordan, in contrast to his “wig-out” when McCarthy lost his Speakership.
Terry A. Hurlbut has been a student of politics, philosophy, and science for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Yale College and has served as a physician-level laboratory administrator in a 250-bed community hospital. He also is a serious student of the Bible, is conversant in its two primary original languages, and has followed the creation-science movement closely since 1993.
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