Jimmy Fallon isn’t exactly impressed by Jim Jordan’s second loss for Speaker of the House. During the second round of voting, the Ohio representative lost by even more votes than in the first round.
“That’s like retaking the Sat and finding out you got dumber somehow,” the NBC late night host joked Wednesday night.
On Wednesday, Jordan lost his second bid for the role after several GOP holdouts blocked the vote. Their concern rests in how ultraconservative the Ohio representative is. During the first round of voting, Jordan lost 20 votes. Then on Wednesday’s vote that number jumped to 22.
The House will reconvene at noon on Thursday for a third vote and to find a way forward, according to the New York Times. Jordan failing to secure the vote continues two weeks of infighting within the Republican party.
Following the quip, Fallon presented a series of fake...
“That’s like retaking the Sat and finding out you got dumber somehow,” the NBC late night host joked Wednesday night.
On Wednesday, Jordan lost his second bid for the role after several GOP holdouts blocked the vote. Their concern rests in how ultraconservative the Ohio representative is. During the first round of voting, Jordan lost 20 votes. Then on Wednesday’s vote that number jumped to 22.
The House will reconvene at noon on Thursday for a third vote and to find a way forward, according to the New York Times. Jordan failing to secure the vote continues two weeks of infighting within the Republican party.
Following the quip, Fallon presented a series of fake...
- 10/19/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
In this week’s quarantine episode of our Useful Idiots podcast, hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by third-time guest of the show Shahid Buttar, who is running for Congress against Nancy Pelosi in California.
In a double edition of the segment “Democrats Suck,” Katie and Matt look at the Massachusetts Congressional primary election results, and listen to a preview of the new Mayor Pete podcast, The Deciding Decade. Katie remarks that the acoustic-guitar-centric intro to Mayor Pete’s podcast is suitable for “moms, dads, and Quaalude consumers in airports.
In a double edition of the segment “Democrats Suck,” Katie and Matt look at the Massachusetts Congressional primary election results, and listen to a preview of the new Mayor Pete podcast, The Deciding Decade. Katie remarks that the acoustic-guitar-centric intro to Mayor Pete’s podcast is suitable for “moms, dads, and Quaalude consumers in airports.
- 9/4/2020
- by Reed Dunlea
- Rollingstone.com
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