Posted on Oct 9, 2023
House Republicans face choice between chaos and convention
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The race to replace Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the US House of Representatives is underway, and Republicans are currently being confronted with two very different choices that could represent two different paths for the party - and Congress itself.
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise and House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan are currently the two most prominent candidates. While their policy positions are similar - both are staunch conservatives who oppose abortion and gun restrictions, support more stringent immigration policies, want to slash government spending, and back Donald Trump - the two have wildly different styles that could determine how House Republicans operate for the foreseeable future.
Mr Scalise has risen through the ranks of the House Republicans through shrewd manoeuvring and an insider's ability to effectively whip votes. As the number two Republican in the House, ascending to the top leadership post is a natural progression for him.
Mr Jordan, however, is far more of a firebrand, and has become a favourite among the Republican base for his distrust of the federal government and public displays of allegiance to Donald Trump. As a result, he has become far more associated with Mr Trump and the "Make America Great Again" movement.
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise and House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan are currently the two most prominent candidates. While their policy positions are similar - both are staunch conservatives who oppose abortion and gun restrictions, support more stringent immigration policies, want to slash government spending, and back Donald Trump - the two have wildly different styles that could determine how House Republicans operate for the foreseeable future.
Mr Scalise has risen through the ranks of the House Republicans through shrewd manoeuvring and an insider's ability to effectively whip votes. As the number two Republican in the House, ascending to the top leadership post is a natural progression for him.
Mr Jordan, however, is far more of a firebrand, and has become a favourite among the Republican base for his distrust of the federal government and public displays of allegiance to Donald Trump. As a result, he has become far more associated with Mr Trump and the "Make America Great Again" movement.
House Republicans face choice between chaos and convention
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I prefer Scalise as Jordon is way too aligned with Donald and his dramatic presentation is off the charts.
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Jim Jordan is not Captain Chaos.
I call it the sweet Revenge of not being on the January 6th committee. Diversity, equity and inclusion was not in the January 6th committee and he was purposely excluded by Nancy Pelosi because he asks proper questions and doesn't goose step to the modern -day on democratic Democrats.
People on the left column all kinds of names but even those independent eight Republicans who kicked McCarthy out many of them respect him so he is not chaos. Nothing wrong with Steven scalise. He is just undergoing cancer treatment but let's not forget that extreme Democrat terrorist was trying to cause chaos in the Republican Party by assassinating them at a baseball game.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/homepage2/james-hodgkinson-profile/index.html
Maybe the Bernie Sanders supporter got the idea from the terrorist attack and April of 2017 shooting innocent civilians from The Mandalay Bay Hotel and aiming at a country concert down below?
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I call it the sweet Revenge of not being on the January 6th committee. Diversity, equity and inclusion was not in the January 6th committee and he was purposely excluded by Nancy Pelosi because he asks proper questions and doesn't goose step to the modern -day on democratic Democrats.
People on the left column all kinds of names but even those independent eight Republicans who kicked McCarthy out many of them respect him so he is not chaos. Nothing wrong with Steven scalise. He is just undergoing cancer treatment but let's not forget that extreme Democrat terrorist was trying to cause chaos in the Republican Party by assassinating them at a baseball game.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/homepage2/james-hodgkinson-profile/index.html
Maybe the Bernie Sanders supporter got the idea from the terrorist attack and April of 2017 shooting innocent civilians from The Mandalay Bay Hotel and aiming at a country concert down below?
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Suspect in congressional shooting was Bernie Sanders supporter, strongly anti-Trump | CNN
James T. Hodgkinson, the man identified as shooting a Republican member of congress and four others on Wednesday morning, was a small business owner in Illinois who defined himself publicly by his firm support of Bernie Sanders’ progressive politics – and his hatred of conservatives and President Donald Trump.
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Republicans better get their own house in order, otherwise they will end up defeating themselves.
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