Maxine Waters Gets Shouted Down as She Makes a Scene and Attacks Jim Jordan During Speaker Vote
One of the more combative and outspoken members of the House of Representatives was vocally booed and shouted down in a contentious vote on Tuesday. Lawmakers from across the country gathered in the House Chambers to…
One of the more combative and outspoken members of the 🏛️House of Representatives was vocally booed and shouted down in a contentious vote on Tuesday.
Lawmakers from across the country gathered in the House Chambers to attempt to elect a new 🏛️Speaker of the House in a floor vote.
Fiery Republican Rep. 👤Jim Jordan of Ohio is squaring off with Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, and a C-SPAN📹Video captured most of the drama of that first vote.
Most representatives voted along party lines, with the handful of Republicans refusing to endorse Jordan being the primary impediment to electing a new speaker.
Given that, it was little surprise that when it came time for Rep.
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Maxine Waters Gets Shouted Down as She Makes a Scene and Attacks Jim Jordan During Speaker Vote — IJR
While it’s difficult to discern exactly what was said in the 📹Video, you can clearly hear Waters mention the word “insurrectionist” while referring to Jordan before a cascade of boos crashed down on her.
According to Politico’s Olivia Beavers, Jordan’s response to Waters was little more than a smirk — before another Republican dropped the hammer with a biting insult.
On a more macro level, while Waters may be getting in her verbal shots now, it appears unlikely that there is any viable path forward for Jeffries to somehow leapfrog Jordan in the GOP-controlled House.
To do so, not only would every single Democrat have to vote for Jeffries, but at least five Republicans would have to, as well.
As deeply fractured as the GOP currently seems, it seems unfathomable that any GOP representative would vote for a Democrat — a decision akin to career suicide.
As of early Tuesday afternoon, Jordan still does not have the 217 votes needed to secure the speakership, but he is slowly winning over the straggling Republicans who have not gotten behind the Ohio lawmaker yet.
