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Jim Jordan fails again to win speaker gavel in second vote, getting less support than first try (www.nbcnews.com)

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago

need is a small group of Republicans to say the situation plainly.

And then they likely lose their primary to a trump candidate.

[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago

If I were a House Republican, I might say that in my speech. "I am a patriot who would give my life for my country. And as a patriot, I would obviously rather risk losing my seat than risk losing my entire country to fascism. I only pray that some of my colleagues also demonstrate that bravery."

Of course, this isn't going to happen. Patriotic Republicans had the opportunity to demonstrate their patriotism when Liz Cheney did, and we've already seen how many of the GOP had even the smallest amount of patriotism.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

Liz Cheney had the biggest balls of them all.

[-] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Yeah, but she was still a fascist sympathiser who's actions enabled the current bunch of wingnuts

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