Ha Ha!

In the latest story of, "Democrats in disarray," insurrectionist, bully, sexual abuse abettor, and general loser Jim Jordan lost the 3rd vote attempting to nominate him as speaker.

He actually had one more Republican voting against him, for a total of 25 no's.

The House Republican Caucus then voted to rescind their nomination of him, which means that he's out of the race.

In fact, since the vote where Kevin McCarthy lost his speakership, Democratic Party leader Hakeem Jeffries has gotten out-polled the Republican nominee in the floor votes.

Jim Jordan of Ohio was forced out of the House speakership race on Friday after his Republican colleagues voted against his continued bid for the seat in a secret ballot after his third failed attempt to corral enough support to win the gavel.

Jordan’s lost bid followed a contentious week on Capitol Hill, during which he and his allies attempted to cajole more moderate Republicans into backing Jordan.

The problem here is that Jordan is widely loathed by his colleagues, and it looks like the opposition intentionally held back votes in the earlier balloting in order to show that no progress was being made.

This is the first time I've ever seen that happen in Congress.

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It is not clear who Republicans could elevate as a next nominee. There’s a deadline of Sunday at noon for candidates to announce interest in the speakership. The conference is expected to return on Monday evening to hear from candidates for the speakership, with voting set for Tuesday. By that time, the House will have been without a speaker for three weeks, hamstrung on conducting the work they were elected to do.

Might I suggest my cat Meatball?  She is female and black, and at least according to our other cat Destructo, a complete tyrant, so she is qualified.

She cannot count, but if the past 2 Republican Speaker nominees have shown us anything, the ability to count is not important to them.

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In the first floor vote of the speakership election, on Tuesday, 20 House Republicans opposed Jordan, leaving him far short of the 217 votes needed to capture the top job. Because of Republicans’ razor-thin majority in the House, Jordan could only afford four defections within his conference and still ascend to the speakership.

Even as Jordan tried to assuage moderates’ concerns, a second floor vote held on Wednesday revealed that opposition had only grown, as 22 Republicans opposed Jordan’s candidacy. By the third vote, on Friday, Jordan lost more support, with 25 House Republicans voting against him.

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Jordan’s announcement came two weeks after the historic ouster of McCarthy, after eight House Republicans joined Democrats in supporting a motion to vacate the chair. Following McCarthy’s removal, the House majority leader, Steve Scalise of Louisiana, initially won his conference’s nomination for speaker, but he dropped out of the race last week due to entrenched opposition among hard-right lawmakers.

Well that, and the fact that he spoke at white supremacist events and called himself, "David Duke without the baggage."

At this point, I'm rooting for the "QAnon Shaman."