Friday, October 6, 2023

An Insurrectionist to be Republican Speaker of the House?

Jim Jordan was part of the Trump conspiracy to overthrow the 2020 election, according to Liz Cheney, former Wyoming conservative (not Trump MAGA nut case) Republican who co-chaired the House investigation into the Trump led attempt to overthrow the 2020 election issues a very urgent warning about Ohio wannabe fascist Jim Jordan's attempt to become the Speaker of the House to replace the deposed Kevin McCarthy.  

“Jim Jordan knew more about what Donald Trump had planned for January 6th than any other member of the House of Representatives,” Cheney said. “Jim Jordan was involved, was part of the conspiracy in which Donald Trump was engaged as he attempted to overturn the election.”

While Cheney said she didn’t expect Jordan to win the upcoming contest, she said his potential ascension to the position would send a strong message about where the GOP’s allegiance lies.

“If they were to decide that, there would no longer be any possible way to argue that a group of elected Republicans could be counted on to defend the Constitution,” she said.

Jordan has secured the endorsement of Trump, who continues to exert influence on a big chunk of the Republican caucus.

“He will be a GREAT Speaker of the House,” Trump said of Jordan in a post on his Truth Social platform."
It is up to the Republican Party to announce who they are - conservatives who believe in democracy or Trump Cultists who believe in force rather than the Rule of Law or the Rule of the Constitution.  I don't expect a lot from the House of Representatives, unfortunately.