We have all known that an unknown was going to run for Speaker Of The House and behold, out of obscurity comes seventh-term Georgia congressman Austin Scott, (the gentleman on the right) who will oppose Jim Jordan in the race. Roll Call:
Scott will make his case to fellow House Republicans during a candidate forum at 1 p.m. on Friday, hours after Republicans rejected proposed rule changes for how to elect a speaker nominee.
“I have filed to be Speaker of the House,” Scott wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “We are in Washington to legislate, and I want to lead a House that functions in the best interest of the American people.” […]
Scott, who is in his seventh term, criticized the eight Republicans who voted with all House Democrats to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the office last week as “nothing more than grifters who have handed control of the House to the Democratic Party in the name of their own glory and fundraising.”
Scott, an Armed Services panel member, has said he would vote against Jordan if the Ohioan ran for speaker.
I don’t know this guy from Adam (I’m not talking about Adam Smith, who is the gentleman on the left in the above photo) but if he’s on the Armed Services Committee I am going to assume that he’ll attempt to keep the Pentagon properly funded (whereas Jim Jordan wouldn’t) and take steps to get ambassadorships filled and maybe, in a perfect world, put some pressure on Tommy Tuberville in the Senate to stop stonewalling things there. The more people in both chambers of Congress pulling for the same goal, the more likely it is to be achieved.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 13, 2023
— forestfromtrees (@SandraB82981565) October 13, 2023
Ass backwards into the unknow. The Republican plan.
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 12, 2023
In any event, this new candidate’s name isn’t Jordan or Gaetz, heaven forbid, and since the likes of Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise are anathema to MAGA, maybe a quiet, seasoned, congressman from the south with six terms under his belt, midway through his seventh, will be seen as acceptable. Either that, or the House goes on like the headless horseman, with no direction in sight.
Mr Scott needs some forceful reminding that the Democrats have ZERO interest in supporting a GOP Speaker of the House (just as ZERO GOP members of the House voted for Nancy Pelosi to be Speaker in January of 2021 and, if the Democrats had been stupid enough to allow a single member to a “move to vacate” rule, then every single GOPer would have voted to remove her). And if McCarthy hadn’t been such a back-stabbing SOB–getting the Dems to vote for a measure and then acting as if the Dems had caved on the issue or the Dems had reneged on a “deal”–then the Dems might have had reason to vote to keep him. But, you know–McCarthy met karma and lost.
Wishing I could “LIKE” Joseph’s comment more than once…..
How in the f*ck can any sane person think the opposing political party is supposed to help a leader from the opposition? WTF? If you do not have the support of your own party, how in the hell can you lead congress? When it comes to choosing a leader (s) in the H.O.R., you’ve got to have your team behind you. What’s the point if you don’t? It isn’t as if you’d get squat done.
Not the best or brightest these ‘pubes. No indeedy. Not even close.