{"id":58689,"date":"2023-10-19T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T20:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=58689"},"modified":"2023-10-19T13:45:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T20:45:21","slug":"fox-news-dangles-dopey-spin-that-hakeem-jeffries-lost-the-speakers-vote-17-times-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=58689","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Dangles Dopey Spin that Hakeem Jeffries Lost the Speaker’s Vote ’17 Times in a Row’"},"content":{"rendered":"

After nearly two weeks, the nation is still without a Speaker of the House and a functioning House of Representatives. That’s because the Republican Party is too wrapped up in power struggles and inflamed egos as they try to navigate the treacherous waters of Trump cultism.<\/p>\n

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The efforts by the GOP to offer some semblance of leadership have been pitifully lacking from the day they assumed their razor-thin majority in the House. It took them fifteen rounds of voting to elect Kevin McCarthy as Speaker. He only lasted eight months and has now been ousted by his own members, who can’t seem to find anyone to replace him. It’s the sort of colossal clusterf**k that the GOP is known for. You would think that they might have figured that out by now.<\/p>\n

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Since McCarthy’s banishment from the post, his lieutenant, Steve Scalise, briefly flirted with idea of succeeding him. Then Jim Jordan, the “legislative terrorist”<\/em> (as former GOP Speaker John Boehner called him), lost two votes for the speakership. So the post remains unfilled and the Congress is effectively defunct. Which may be an improvement over being operative with a GOP majority.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the Republican Ministry of Propaganda (aka Fox News) is stretching credulity with their excuses for the GOP’s ineptitude. On Fox it isn’t the Republican’s fault that they have failed utterly to exhibit any aptitude for governing. Nope. They are pointing their bony fingers at Democrats who are in the minority. For example, see this exchange between Fox News shills, John Roberts and Jason Chaffetz…<\/p>\n

Roberts:<\/strong> If the script were flipped and it was Democrats who were in control of Congress – if [Democratic Leader] Hakeem Jeffries were to be put up for a vote for Speaker, how long do you think it would take to get to 218 votes?
\nChaffetz:<\/strong> Well, Hakeem Jeffries has now lost 17 races in a row. So 17 times in a row he’s been put up for Speaker and he’s lost. So he’s kind of already over that threshold. I just don’t think one party is gonna come in and support another party.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fox News' John Roberts: If Democrats were in the majority, how long would it take Hakeem Jeffries to get to 218 votes?<\/p>\n

Jason Chaffetz: "Well, Hakeem Jeffries has now lost 17 races in a row. So 17 times in a row, he's been put up for Speaker and he's lost." pic.twitter.com\/a6xlkCd7sp<\/a><\/p>\n

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) October 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n