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Speaker-Maggeadon: Jim Jordan Speaker Vote LIVE, Uniparty Plot to Install Swamp Speaker EXPOSED

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unidentified		We hold another round of voting for a speaker after Ohio Congressman and House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan failed to get the 217 votes needed to land the leadership role.
		Democrats say Jordan is unfit for the office and 20 Republicans voted against him.
		But Jordan says he's determined to win the support of all of the Republican holdouts.
		We've had great conversations, great discussions with our colleagues.
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		Jim Jordan.
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		Is the poster child for MAGA extremism.
unidentified		Another round of votes is expected to be held just before noon.
		Those are your headlines.
		Those are your headlines.
		Okay.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		That's really good.
unidentified		All right.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Ladies and gentlemen, here we go.
		Vote-mageddon.
		Jim Jordan.
		Speaker race.
		Day two, the swamp strikes back.
		Today is Wednesday, October 18th, 2023.
		Jim Jordan aims to become Speaker of the House in second floor vote.
		What has happened overnight since the disaster that was yesterday?
		The 20 backstabbing Benedict Arnold Republicans.
		Have they increased their majority?
		Is the swamp striking back?
		How can Republican members of Congress betray their voters?
		It's the House of Representatives, right?
		Who the F are you representing?
		Protesters swarm U.S. embassies around the Middle East, and Scott Pressler joins the show to talk about what we got going that's good for us, ladies and gentlemen.
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		We are hungry for a Jim Jordan speakership, as of course you know.
		I have been advocating for Jim Jordan for a very, very long time.
		Not just because Jim Jordan is the person that is the sole defender of our movement, whether that be its iteration as the Tea Party wave when Jim Jordan came into Congress in the year 2010.
		Whether that be fighting against Barack Obama, Obamacare, and the Uniparty when he was called a terrorist by John Boehner.
		Remember, it's John Boehner who called him a terrorist, okay?
		So, to stand against Jim Jordan is effectively to be on the side of Democrats in Washington, D.C. To vote against Jim Jordan is to vote with Democrats, alright?
		Now, I'm going to have words for Matt Gaetz on this program and words for the lack of tact and thoughtfulness.
		If you're going to fight a war, you better have a game plan, okay?
		I think that's really important also to know here in the fights going forward.
		You need to have a strategy, right?
		And if you're going to just blow things up, well, without a plan...
		Without the capacity to rebuild or to create something better, then you're just a terrorist, right?
		So you have to have a strategy.
		You have to have a plan.
		It's very, very important to have those things.
		It's very important to be strategic in this stuff.
		And that is why we are coalescing around Jim Jordan.
		Now, Jim Jordan, of course, is the natural choice for Speaker.
		But Jim Jordan fell short because 20 Republicans decided to vote against him yesterday.
		Jim Jordan could have been Speaker right now.
		We could have been...
		Going right about our merry way.
		Every Republican in the country wants Jim Jordan to be Speaker.
	And by the way, they have opened up Congress.
	There's going to be another vote for Jim Jordan.
	I'm letting you know that we are monitoring that, but there's only so much space on the screen, right?
	And so we're going to get through the news, and then when they start voting, or when action really starts happening, as we found out yesterday in three and a half hour live, a lot of Congress is just...
	So we're just going to bring you the...
	Hot fresh, right?
	When they start giving nominating speeches and when they start voting for Jim Jordan.
	Yesterday, what happened was there were 20 members of Congress who voted against Jim Jordan.
	Now, I think that there is a particularly interesting and horrifying thing that is happening right now.
	But there is a break that you are witnessing inside of the Republican House majority.
	And that break is particularly dangerous.
	Ladies and gentlemen, the 20 people who voted against Jim Jordan, they all fall in to one of two categories.
	Category number one, they are appropriators.
	The appropriations committee is the people who decide who funds and where the funds for the government go.
	They determine how much money gets spent.
	These are people who want to continue.
	Deficit spending until the country collapses, until the wheels fall off.
	The vast majority of this list are people on the Appropriations Committee.
	These are people who are not ever fiscal conservatives, ever.
	How do you get $33 trillion in debt?
	How do you get that if you're a fiscal conservative?
	You don't.
	These people are rabid-eyed.
	Leftists who are totally and completely baptized into leftist spending policies.
	So those are the people who vote against Jim Jordan.
	Jim Jordan wants fiscal accountability, responsibility.
	He wants to cut the deficit.
	He wants to cut government spending.
	Government should be small enough to drown in a bathtub, as Grover Norquist says.
	Totally agree.
	How'd he get there?
	Well, you're going to have to have a totally different viewpoint, an entirely different philosophy on appropriations.
	Appropriations are going to have to shrink, not be engorged, like a cancerous tumor on our body politic.
	So, there's an old saying in D.C. where there are three parties in Washington.
	There are Republicans, there are Democrats, and there are appropriators.
	And those are the people who voted against Jim Jordan, by and large.
	The appropriators, and it's very interesting when you go through all this, they clearly created a little coalition.
	They didn't like that Jim Jordan was going to cut their little purse strings.
	Because think about it this way.
	Reverse engineer this, okay?
	How do you get money?
	How do you get paid?
	You get paid if you can deliver a service, okay?
	In our economy, that's how you get paid, okay?
	We do a good show.
	You watch.
	There's value in that, right?
	So, ladies and gentlemen, what appropriators want is more money.
	The more money they can spend, the more money that the government decides to spend, the more powerful they get, all right?
	Go look at Gold Bar Bob.
	How does Gold Bar Bob get his gold bars?
	He's in charge of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
	And foreign countries go to him to pay him money.
	Same thing with the Biden crime family.
	Appropriators, if somebody's going to shrink their budgets, that means they're shrinking their power.
	And so Jim Jordan, this is like the greatest bell ring for voting for Jim Jordan.
	Quorum vote started on the clock.
	Okay, so I'm just checking in here.
	The quorum vote has started on the clock 15 minutes.
	So just letting you know what's happening.
	We're monitoring this vote in Congress.
	We will jump to the vote in Congress.
	We will let you see the vote just like yesterday.
	But right now they're just doing a quorum vote to see who's there.
	All right?
	It's quite boring.
	It's a lot of just standing around.
	But just an update there.
	Appropriators and the entire Republican appropriators, they all voted against Jordan.
	Why?
	Because Jordan's going to shrink.
	This should be a big bell ring.
	For our support of Jordan, he's going to shrink the size of government.
	And that's going to shrink their power.
	Okay?
	We've done our research.
	We've looked at all this.
	Let's put up the list again, please.
	These are the people, the vast majority of these Republicans are on the Appropriations Committee.
	So again, Republican Democrat appropriators.
	And these people, you will never get Democrats voting for less government.
	You will always get Democrats voting for more government so that they can bribe more people coming across our border illegally.
	With entitlements to have total and complete fealty to the Democratic Party.
	That's how that system works.
	Alright?
	That's how you turn a Republican red state like California blue.
	You bribe people with entitlements and with government goodies for their vote.
	For their permanent fealty.
	That has worked great for Democrats.
	They're going to try and turn the entire country blue with that process.
	That is the goal.
	So, they'll never vote for less government.
	It is only us who would ever vote for less government.
	But our Republicans are effing backstabbers.
	Betrayal.
	I'm sorry.
	I get so angry about this.
	The Republicans who we send in there to be in their little...
	The appropriate is like a little club.
	It's like a little fraternity.
	Secret little club.
	And every single one of these little butt buddies, they all get together.
	They're just Democrats.
	Remember, the point of the show is all Democrats are Democrats.
	And some Republicans are Democrats.
	There are no such thing as a Democrat that's actually a secret Republican.
	That doesn't exist.
	What is the second group that voted against Jim Jordan?
	Some of these people fall into the second group.
	And I'll be happy to actually go through thoroughly and call them all out.
	The second group of people are people with dual loyalty.
	The second group of people are people who have paymasters in Congress.
	One of them is Victoria Sparks.
	She's a Ukrainian member of Congress.
unidentified		She's...
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Born in Ukraine?
		And you have to assume, presently, that Jim Jordan deciding to cut off funds for the war in Ukraine is going to make her say, there's going to be major pressure on her to say, nope, not going to do it.
		You just have to assume.
		Like, again, there are people who are showing, like, clearly showing their cards in Congress.
		Rashida Tlaib has a Palestinian flag outside of her office right now.
		Rashida Tlaib has a, um...
		Tweet up right now saying that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza.
		That is now, like, all of the facts have lined up against that theory, against that narrative, right?
		But Rashida Tlaib immediately runs with the Hamas narrative.
		Why?
		Because Rashida Tlaib is predisposed to believing Hamas media over facts.
		She would rather weaponize that loyalty for political power.
		So it's in her best interest.
		So, what you're looking at here is like a Mike Rogers kind of thing.
		Now, Mike Rogers supported Jim Jordan, thank God.
		Like, and good on him.
		But Mike Rogers has an entire, like, his entire staff, he was in charge of the Armed Services Committee, his entire staff were lobbyists for Ukraine.
		His chief of staff is now one of Ukraine's biggest lobbyists.
		Do you think that guy wants the money funnel to get cut off?
		That's what I mean by dual loyalty.
		These guys are voting.
		They're voting in order to ensure That the purse string, the money continues to flow.
		The deficit spending continues to flow.
		And Jim Jordan was going to cut that out, was going to strangulate that.
		So those are the two groups of people that are voting against Jim Jordan.
		Now, you would assume that there is some semblance Of pride or decency or dignity with these people because you live in the House of Representatives.
		You serve in the House of Representatives, right?
		So let me tell you what's about to happen and what may happen.
		I want to prepare you for this.
		The House of Representatives are supposed to represent you, the voters.
		But what has happened and what we've seen is that these 20 members of Congress, the Republicans, even though 200 Republicans voted for Jim Jordan, all he needs is 217.
		These 20 Republicans voted on behalf of personal grudges, fealty to defense contractors and forever war, the betrayal of the American dollar, the betrayal of your future, your currency, the stability of your country, $33-34 trillion in debt, writing billions of dollars a day in debt.
		It is unsustainable.
		Every penny the government takes in.
		Is used immediately for entitlements.
		Then everything else has to be deficit spending.
		We are a sick nation.
		We are a sick country.
		You would never give a loan.
		If we were a person, the bank would never give us a loan.
		If we were a person, we'd be in jail.
		In debtor's prison for the rest of our lives.
		Okay?
		These people want to continue that practice because it gets them power in the near term.
		So what you're seeing is not a House of Representatives.
		You're seeing a sick...
		Pit of vipers that defend only themselves and their own self-interest instead of their voters.
		Because as I contend, and no one has been able to show me any evidence otherwise, as I contend, there's not a single Republican that would have a problem with a Speaker Jim Jordan.
		There's not a single Republican.
		In fact, there is the vast majority of Republican, the vast majority of Republican activists that are thrilled at this.
		So you are not.
		Representing Republicans in Congress, even though this is the House of Representatives, you are representing no one.
		You are not representing us.
		By taking out your own petty personal grudges against Jim Jordan, put that aside, you teenager.
		Put that aside.
		You bought, sold, leveraged, corrupt hat.
		You clearly are only in Congress for yourselves.
		You clearly are only in Congress to serve yourself and your own needs and your own personal finances.
		It makes you no better than Joe Biden.
		And now we get to the very little dangerous stuff.
		Because you're seeing here that they're going to file a motion today to make Patrick McKenney the permanent speaker pro temp.
		So what's happening now is Jim Jordan...
		While Jim, there are people who, they're saying that Jim Jordan is going to get less votes today and that these Republicans are going to now vote for Hakeem Jeffries effectively to vote to enable and to empower Hakeem Jeffries in a coup d 'etat against you, the Republican voters.
		Hakeem Jeffries saying all options are on the table.
	Hakeem Jeffries saying that he will happily take power.
	From Republicans.
	And then ask yourself this.
	What's going to happen with the Joe Biden impeachment inquiry if Hakeem Jeffries takes power?
	If Democrats have dual power over the House and over the agenda, what's going to happen with the investigations into Joe Biden?
	What are they going to do to those investigations?
	This is not particularly hard to figure out.
	If you give Democrats a single drop of leverage, what do you think they're going to do?
	Did you see how effectively Nancy Pelosi was able to stop Trump's wall from the minority?
	These people are, they're legislative terrorists.
	Like Nancy Pelosi was able to, and I say that term obviously metaphorically, I'm not trying to use heated language here.
	But Nancy Pelosi, like, in the minority, is far more effective than Republicans are when they're in the majority.
	Like, imagine what they would do, like, the damage they were able to do to Donald Trump when they had no legislative power.
	They didn't control the Senate, they didn't control the House, they didn't control the executive.
	We had unified control of government, and what did we get out of it?
	Anyone?
	Bueller?
	Anyone?
unidentified		We got nothing.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Nancy Pelosi was able to effectively stop and peel off, through pressure campaigns and through bullying, the capacity to build the wall, to close our borders.
		So many of Trump's first-term agenda items did not get done because they were able to effectively weaponize a minority, and now Republicans are voting to give them power over a Republican majority, which is the will of the people.
		The will of the people.
		These people are Benedict Arnolds.
		They're Judas's to us.
unidentified		Thank you.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Hakeem Jeffries is floating a latch.
		Last-ditch effort to block Jim Jordan's bid for speaker.
		Hakeem Jeffries is now, now Democrats are openly talking to these mushy-brained Republicans, some of them who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
		There's a member of Congress from Florida.
		I will gladly, I will personally run against him.
		I mean, I don't know.
		I haven't actually looked up where the Florida 23rd District is.
		I will announce right now.
		I'm just kidding.
		But who's running against him?
		This guy voted for Hillary Clinton, but he's representing Florida as a Republican?
		What the hell?
		What the hell is going on?
		And now he's voting against Jordan.
		There's this guy who's leading the drumbeat against Jordan.
		So, guys, we got a problem in our own party, obviously.
		We've got a problem in our own party.
		Democrats are now going to grab hold of those smooth-brained Republicans.
		And because the Democrats control the swamp and control the purse strings and control where the money flows and everybody wants to dip their toes in that sweet Israel money or Hamas money or Ukraine money, it's all coming out.
		Story after story after story after story.
		Story after story after story after story.
		Who's getting paid?
		Lobbyists.
		Ukraine war.
		It is all about the enrichment of Washington, D.C. This was a fraudulence on the American people.
		All of these people, every member, Jim Moran is a member of Congress, longtime member of Congress, who's getting fat contracts.
		It's just an example.
		Getting these fat contracts from the Ukraine war.
		Getting paid.
		Getting paid, baby.
		Who's getting paid?
		Does Jim Moran speak Ukrainian?
		This isn't Hunter Biden all over again.
		It's Burisma all over again.
		Does Jim Moran speak Ukrainian?
		Does he know jack about Ukraine?
		No, of course not!
		But he's getting some fat contract.
		Maybe ALS can go find it.
		Like, he had to file as a Ukrainian foreign agent yesterday.
		A long-time member of Congress.
		And there are hundreds of them who are like fat pigs up against a trough.
		Of American taxpayer money.
		And when we fight a war, the money doesn't go to go fight the war.
		It goes to these people.
		These parasites.
		And they are...
		The parasites are inside of our party, inside the Democrat Party, and especially the appropriators.
		The appropriations.
		Like, we gotta be smart, man.
		If we get the House back, there's a lot of polling that says that Republicans will maintain the House and will probably get the Senate.
		If we get the House back, we've got to rip the appropriate...
		We've got to clean House on appropriations.
		It's boring work.
		Right?
		Where does the money go?
		It's boring work.
		It's actuarial work.
		But we've got to clean house.
		These appropriators are just like Democrats.
		They're just like Democrats.
		Carlos Jimenez is the Hillary voter from Florida 28 in the suburbs of Miami.
		So, ladies and gentlemen, I'm getting updates from the House floor.
		Again, maybe we can just pop it up on screen.
	We'll just show you that we're watching.
	We're going to go to this vote.
	We're going to show you the votes, obviously, as they come in.
	There are 64 people that haven't been recorded in quorum.
	So this is just going to take a little bit.
	All right?
	Don't worry.
	We have a full show for you.
	But we will jump over to, you know, even C-SPAN is doing just like boring interviews, right?
	Like from a bump-out studio outside the Capitol.
	So we're waiting for quorum right now.
	Really important for you to see this, ladies and gentlemen.
	Hear from Representative Sparts.
	Representative Sparts is saying now on Twitter, we must call an organizational meeting to stop floor fights.
	We look foolish and people are on edge.
	Okay.
	So, Representative Sparts also, she represents Indiana's 5th Congressional District.
	She was born in Ukraine.
	Jim Jordan has...
	Jim Jordan has...
	She's now openly attacking Jim Jordan.
	Here, go to this tweet.
	This one sent me over the edge this morning.
	I want you to see this.
	Republicans openly attacking Jim Jordan.
	Could you imagine?
	Can you imagine?
	From Indiana!
	Get a load of this.
	So here's Victoria Sparks.
	I appreciate many friendly calls, but understand...
	But understand your frustrations.
	Republicans must govern.
	Not be talking heads on TV.
	That's an attack on Jim Jordan.
	Jim Jordan goes on TV and he goes on our show.
	That's an attack on Jim Jordan for coming on here and speaking with the Benny Brigade.
	Two points.
	Jim is elected by members and accountable to members for very diverse districts.
	So coercion and intimidation is not a good idea.
	So what she's saying there is her representatives calling her to tell her how they feel is coercion and intimidation.
unidentified		Hmm.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Interesting.
		Before you coordinate, before you coronate, correction, Jim, please assess if he was effective for you or McCarthy as judiciary chair.
		Oh, so there's a direct attack on Jim Jordan by a Republican member of Congress.
		This isn't happening behind closed doors.
		She's doing this in public.
		She's doing this to attack Jim.
		Friend of our show.
		He's a consistent fighter for Republicans in our interest, and this is how Republicans are treating him.
		She's openly attacking Jim Jordan.
		Jim wasn't, effectively, Jim wasn't good at his job.
		Jim Jordan wasn't good at his job.
		He was a bad judiciary chair.
		He hasn't done his work.
		And also, when you call me because I represent you and I get paid to represent you and tell me what you think, you're intimidating me.
		She's accusing us, the Republican base, of violence, effectively.
		Coercion and intimidation.
		Those are crimes.
		Those are crimes, right?
		So she's accusing you of...
		This is how Republicans think.
		This is how the swamp thinks.
		Victoria Sparks.
		She's born in...
		Again, Jim Jordan shutting off the funnel of money to Ukraine.
		Clearly, if you were born in Ukraine, you're going to have an opinion on that.
		So you just have to...
		The basic human nature assumes that that's what this is about.
unidentified		Right?
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		So that's what this is about, right?
		Despicable.
		And then she says that Jim Jordan is a talking head on TV.
		Republicans must govern, says the person who is working with Democrats to ensure that Republicans can no longer govern.
		Got it.
		Got it.
		So, ladies and gentlemen, I'm upset this morning.
		I'm upset.
		McCarthy was upset, actually.
		There was a major tone switch for McCarthy yesterday.
		And again, ladies and gentlemen, we are monitoring.
		We still have quorum votes coming in, right?
		So they're still doing the quorum votes.
		As soon as they start voting, as soon as they start doing speeches, we will cut there.
		So stay tuned.
		McCarthy came in very angry and is saying effectively that this all falls to the Democrats.
		The Democrats voted to vacate the speaker position, and they voted with Republicans.
		Again, I am...
		We call balls and strikes on this program.
		Matt Gaetz.
		And Matt and I know each other.
		Matt Gaetz.
		You must have a strategy.
		There must be a strategy.
		If you are going to tear something down, there must be the capacity to rebuild it.
		Better.
		There must be a plan.
		Right?
		Especially when you're dealing with such small margins.
		Because what I fear right now is that this is going to now spiral.
		And what we're going to get, and some people are saying that Jim Jordan might get less votes today.
		Well, what does that mean?
		I mean, that means chaos.
		That means a coalition government, like they get in parliamentary countries, a coalition government with the Democrats.
		That's what it means.
		And what do you think will happen?
		Who is laughing all the way to the bank?
		What do you think will happen with the subpoena power for Hunter Biden or Joe Biden?
		What do you think will happen with the impeachment inquiry?
		Have you heard anything from that?
		It's been struck dead.
		We've been waiting for years to get this impeachment inquiry going, and now it's gone.
		We had one hearing, now it's gone.
		Matt Gaetz, that should not be your legacy.
		Because if this turns out to be that legacy, then we will personally hold you accountable for that.
		That better not be your legacy here.
		There better be some plan to get back on track.
		Because otherwise, then, this is one of the most strategic and horrific miscalculations.
		Because if we lose the capacity to impeach Joe Biden, to bring forward his crimes to the American people in the election season right now...
		And to actually have a true reckoning for his crimes, which are the same as Bob Benetton's crimes, and the same as these appropriators' crimes.
		It's the same thing.
		It's just the exposing of how D.C. works.
		If we lose that capacity, and we lose that power, which we will if we have a coalition government with Democrats, they will not allow an impeachment of Joe Biden to go forward, of course.
		You saw these people yesterday.
		The praise, boom, clap, hallelujah chorus.
		For socialist Hakeem Jeffries.
		The theater kids have taken over Congress.
		This is what happens when the theater kids get control.
		I mean, it's lunacy.
		And Republicans are voting to hand them control.
		Guys, I'm telling you, like, we are in dangerous times right now.
		And McCarthy, who's a very cool-headed, like, very level-headed guy.
		I am no simp for McCarthy.
		I was actively against McCarthy.
	And have come slowly over to moderate my view on him.
	Certainly no sin for McCarthy.
	But I am absolutely also not a blow the whole thing up and hand the power to the Democrats!
	That's a horrible result!
	Okay?
	Ladies and gentlemen, McCarthy is getting quite upset about this.
	McCarthy is getting now upset at his own caucus for voting with Democrats.
	Like, in a duality.
	Watch this clip of like a very unregistered McCarthy, which I've never seen before, from yesterday.
unidentified		Now we have rules.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		We don't have to be stuck on the floor.
thomas massie ▲ ● ▼		The interesting part is why we're here.
unidentified		Every single Democrat voted to stop one branch of government.
unidentified		They created this mess with eight Republicans.
thomas massie ▲ ● ▼		Every single Democrat did that.
unidentified		And so I think what we'll do is we'll go sit down.
unidentified		We'll talk to those that have a difference of opinion.
thomas massie ▲ ● ▼		Did the margin surprise you?
unidentified		Thank you.
		Thank you.
		Do you feel bad right now for Mr. Jordan?
		You're supporting for him.
		Do you feel bad for him?
		No, no.
		Don't over-read into this.
		This is about the same vote I had in my first vote out.
		No, no, no.
thomas massie ▲ ● ▼		Let's go back to how I got here.
unidentified		We wouldn't be here if every single Democrat didn't vote with eight Republicans to shut this place down.
		There are 18 Republicans voted against Jim Jordan today on the floor, including two votes from somebody who's not even a member anymore.
		Every single Democrat and eight Republicans voted to shut down one branch of government.
thomas massie ▲ ● ▼		That is why we're here today.
unidentified		There's no other reason why we're here today but because of that.
unidentified		Now we had a vote on the floor.
thomas massie ▲ ● ▼		It didn't get to the whole point.
thomas massie ▲ ● ▼		Now we'll take a break, talk to people, and come back and solve it.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		This is a upset that's Kevin McCarthy talking to Fox News.
		That's Chad Piergroom of Fox News.
		This is a very upset Kevin McCarthy.
		You don't typically see him, like, yelling.
		And he's yelling.
		He's pissed.
		Now, why is Kevin McCarthy pissed?
		Kevin McCarthy's pissed because he was betrayed by Democrats, too.
		So, in case you're wondering if I'm some kind of simp for Kevin McCarthy, I certainly am not.
		How dare you, sir, give Nancy Pelosi an office in the Capitol?
		Like, again, we're going to call balls and strikes, okay?
		We're going to call balls and strikes.
		I know a lot of these people.
		You have to be smart.
		I have to be tactical in our business and how we do content and what we do.
		Like, you have to be smart in your business.
		Mind your own business.
		You must be smart, okay?
		So, Kevin McCarthy, not smart to give Nancy Pelosi an office in the Capitol and make some backroom deal.
		So this has been well reported out that Kevin McCarthy had a backroom deal with Pelosi.
		Democrats, moderate Democrats would side with him to prevent him from being ousted from the speaker seat.
		Nancy Pelosi, of course, sharpened the end of her broomstick and stabbed it directly into the back of Kevin McCarthy.
		And then she took her martini glass, smashed it on the curb, and took that shard and stabbed it also into the back of Kevin McCarthy.
		Of course Nancy Pelosi is going to betray you.
		Why would you trust her?
		So that's a dumb move, Kevin.
		Why would you give Nancy Pelosi a special office in the Capitol?
		Dumb move, Kevin.
		That's ridiculous.
		Matt Gaetz.
		Here comes your whipping.
		If you're going to oust Kevin McCarthy, it should not lead to Hakeem Jeffries becoming speaker.
		Or Democrats getting coalition control of a house that we didn't give them.
		That is a bad tactical move.
		Mind your own business.
		I'm minding my business.
		We do our show.
		We do our research.
		We strategically choose a path, and we have got to choose a strategic path here.
		Like, the stakes are very high.
		Alright?
		In case you're wondering if I have opinions on these things.
		Thomas Massey, one of my favorite people in Congress.
		Thomas Massey was voted for.
		He had one vote for Speaker yesterday.
		Thomas Massey saying, Jim Jordan will become Speaker.
		Watch.
thomas massie ▲ ● ▼		And at some point, if Scalise is voting for Jim Jordan and Kevin McCarthy is voting for Jim Jordan, you look kind of silly to vote for them.
unidentified		Do you think there's some deals he can start cutting with the New York delegation?
		A lot of votes there.
		They want salt, tax relief, other things they care about.
thomas massie ▲ ● ▼		This is the reason Jim Jordan is the only viable speaker candidate we have.
		He's the only one who can get elected without cutting deals.
		And that was the demise of Kevin McCarthy.
		And I supported Kevin McCarthy.
		But he had so many arrangements and deals that they became almost mutually exclusive.
		But Jim Jordan has gotten this far without a single deal.
		And he's got a plan to keep us from getting into a shutdown.
		And he's the only one who can reset the expectations.
unidentified		Cheers.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		So, ladies and gentlemen, this is Thomas Massey.
		Saying that we are no longer going to create a universe where we have so many deals in order to get to Speaker that they all just come falling apart.
		So that is effectively to argue in favor of Matt.
		I know Matt.
		I know Lauren.
		I know Marjorie.
		Obviously, they're guests on the show all the time.
		To argue in favor of Matt, he had an agreement that spending and that bills and that Congress would be run a certain way.
		He had that agreement, that handshake deal with Kevin McCarthy, and Kevin McCarthy couldn't deliver on it.
		You can't deliver.
		Dude, the Bible says, you know, you can't have two masters.
		You'll hate one, you'll love the other.
		You gotta have stable ground that you're standing on, and you can't have unrealistic expectations.
		You know what is an unrealistic expectation that blows my mind?
		That Kevin McCarthy expected Nancy Pelosi to come in and save his ass.
		How insane is that?
		Kevin McCarthy's, like, trapdoor to defend himself was Nancy Pelosi?
		Bro.
unidentified		Bro.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Okay.
		So what does Byron Donalds say?
		I'm a big fan of Byron Donalds.
		I think that Byron Donalds could have made a great House Speaker.
		I don't know.
		He's not...
		I think he's in his second term in Congress, so he's pretty young in Congress.
		But Byron Donalds is...
		Man, he's a brawler.
		Big fan.
		He's saying...
		This is the way it's gonna be from now on.
		You're gonna have people that are gonna fight.
		You're no longer going to just get anointed into the speakership, which I think is also a good thing, to be quite honest with you.
		Watch.
unidentified		What should people take away from what they've been witnessing happening there with the members on Capitol Hill?
byron donalds ▲ ● ▼		Well, look, even when I said this back in January, this place is not what it used to be.
		The business as usual in Washington is not the state of play anymore.
		Members are going to make these individual decisions for themselves.
		I actually encourage them to make these decisions.
		But now I believe it's the time for the members to unite around Jim Jordan so we can get back to the business up here on Capitol Hill.
		But for people to think that leadership by acclimation is going to be the state of play going forward, it's simply not going to be the case in Washington anymore.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Leadership by acclamation, what he's talking about is John Boehner is just next in line.
		Paul Ryan is just next in line.
		Kevin McCarthy is just next in line.
		They sucked the toes of leadership for years, and now they're going to be leaders.
		That doesn't work anymore.
		That's good.
		I mean, honestly, that's good.
		If you were going to look at this at 35,000 feet, you're going to say, that's a good thing.
		James Comer is one of our favorite.
		James Comer is a friend of the show.
		Obviously, you know James Comer.
		If there's someone who's a...
		As good of a fighter and brawler in Congress as Jordan, it's Comer.
		And Comer saying this uniparty BS that's happening right now, that ain't gonna fly.
		Because what they're gonna try and do is they're gonna try and get a bunch of Democrats to vote for Patrick McHenry, which is currently the Speaker Pro Tem.
		So that's the scam here.
		That Democrats are gonna create a coalition and they're gonna govern as well.
		And they're going to get say over everything.
		And they're going to immediately shut down the Biden impeachment inquiry.
		Immediately.
		They're going to rip people off committees.
		Trust me.
		These people will destroy our Republican majority.
		They will eviscerate it.
		They have the power to do it from the minority, from the extreme minority.
		See Nancy Pelosi, 2017, stopping Trump's wall.
		How the hell did she do it?
		So Comer's saying, no way.
		Jordan or die.
		Watch.
laura ingraham ▲ ● ▼		House Oversight Committee Chair, Congressman, according to Axios, Democrats are warm to this idea.
laura ingraham ▲ ● ▼		What the heck is going on up there, and how did this end up being a good thing, given his views on China investment by U.S. companies?
james comer ▲ ● ▼		The best deal for America is Jim Jordan.
		I voted for Jim Jordan today.
		I'm going to vote for him tomorrow.
		The Democrats' worst nightmare would be a Speaker Jim Jordan.
		So any candidate that the Democrats prefer probably isn't in the best interest of most conservative, tax-paying Americans.
		So we're going to keep fighting for Jim Jordan.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Ladies and gentlemen, people are getting a little hot under the collar over this.
		There are interesting moments that have happened yesterday, including, but not limited to, the first vote against Jim Jordan.
		Hot mic caught Brian Kilmeade saying, Don Bacon from Nebraska is a dumbass.
		Just quoting.
		Just quoting Fox News.
		It's worth replaying.
		Check it out.
unidentified		Bacon.
		McCarthy.
		McCarthy.
		Dumbass.
		Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Dumbass.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Do you feel that way?
		You can disagree with Brian Kilmeade and be like, actually, that's really something else.
		And the final thing I'll say about this, the final thing I'll say about this, before we bring in one of our favorite activists around the country who will have such a crystal clear...
		Ringing like a bell, opinion on what's going on in the grassroots.
		Scott Pressler, who's as good as you can get when it comes to grassroots activism, is people like this Carlos Jimenez guy.
		I can't get over it.
		This guy's from Florida.
		He's from a ruby red state.
		He's from a red district.
		He voted for Hillary Clinton somehow, inexplicably, in 2016.
		Yet he's representing Republicans in the House.
		And he's the loudest guy out there saying, no, I'll never vote for Jim Jordan.
		Now what is he doing?
		Remember, this Victoria Sparks lady is like accusing us of misinformation, disinformation, and intimidation.
		Where have you heard that before?
		Who's running these people?
		This is an op, man.
		This is an op.
		These people are being run.
		There's a centralized cartel of intelligence officials that run these people.
		A lot of them have connections either to appropriations, which of course are the purse strings for the intelligence agencies, the Five Eyes, or have loyalty to the weapons manufacturers and forever-worn neocons.
		And why are they all on the same talking points?
		The same talking points.
		Listen to this.
unidentified		Do you see any way that you would change your position, change your vote?
unidentified		In the future, yeah, but I'm not, you know, right now I'm not changing my position, and I think that Jim Jordan's tactics of pressure and intimidation and misinformation, I'm not saying that he did it, but his supporters surely has not helped Jim Jordan.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Oh, okay, misinformation, intimidation.
		Where are you getting those talking points, pal?
		Where are you getting those talking points?
		Okay, let's see here.
unidentified		Here you go.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Hi.
		Hi.
		My name is Rennie Bonson from the CIA.
		Hi, I hear that you don't like Jim Jordan.
		We don't like him either.
		Here's your talking points here.
		You're going to accuse everyone, you're going to accuse all your voters of intimidation.
		You're going to accuse the people who don't like you of disinformation.
		Trust me, it's worked out awesome for us over the last four years.
		Here you go.
		Just repeat them on TV.
		Rennie Bonson, just give me a phone call on the black phone in your office.
		I'm right across the river, the CIA.
		You don't think that's how it works?
		You don't think that's exactly how it works?
		That's exactly how it works.
		There are no such thing as Democrats that are secret Republicans.
		There are a ton of Republicans that are secret Democrats.
		And there's one man who's working the grassroots, walking the walk, talking the talk, going neighborhood to neighborhood, door to door, inside of these districts, and flipping blue districts red, registering voters and doing God's work.
		That man's name is Scott Pressler, and we're honored to have him join the show.
unidentified		Hey, Benny.
unidentified		Good morning.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Scott, how are you, man?
		Look at that.
		What a chandelier.
		That's a fine-looking chandelier.
		And, of course, the best head of hair in the movement.
		Maybe you could give Jim Jordan some advice on his hairstyle.
		I always say he looks like he's just done 11 rounds on a wrestling mat.
		But I do want to get your perspective here, Scott, on Jim Jordan and on the speakers race.
		Because my read is that there's not a single person in the grassroots that has a problem with Jim Jordan as speaker.
		In fact, most of the grassroots, the vast majority of Republican voters would be thrilled about Jim Jordan.
unidentified		No, I think you're right.
scott presler ▲ ● ▼		Well, look.
		We are a representative government.
		And at the end of the day, these aren't the Congress people who should be making these decisions based on the loyalties or secret deals that they've made.
		This is about representing their constituents, the people that elected them into office.
		And you know, I'm here in Butler County right now in Mike Kelly's congressional district, PA-16, and that congressman, despite all of his constituents asking for Jim Jordan, pleading for Jim Jordan, he still is not voting for Mr. Jordan, Speaker of the House.
		I think it's important that we continue, as we did, trying to lobby the RNC to choose a different direction.
		This is our time right here, right now, to gain the trust of the voters, which are not only going to propel us to victory this November, but electing a Republican president next November.
		This election is critical.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		That's right.
		That's so interesting.
		So I actually didn't know.
		So you're in a district of a member of Congress who's not voting for Jim Jordan.
		What do the people think about that?
		What do the Republican voters think about that?
scott presler ▲ ● ▼		Oh, they're irate.
		I mean, literally, this week alone, all have gone to three of the counties within Mike Kelly's district.
		And people are calling them, and they're being respectful.
		I want to make that very clear.
		It's important that we have a good temperament and that we continue to lobby them respectfully.
		But at the same time, they need to know, for example, that eight out of the ten members of Congress and the House of Representatives That voted to impeach President Trump are no longer in office.
		We have the power to elect people and we have the power to remove them from office peacefully.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		That's a really great point.
		Eight out of the ten people who voted to impeach Trump are now out of...
		That's such a salient point.
		Yes, you're right.
		And so, is that what these people want as their fate?
		I don't understand it, Scott.
		Explain it to me, please.
		Like you would like a child.
		How are these representatives not representing their voters in this simple action?
scott presler ▲ ● ▼		Well, and especially this district is R plus 13. It's not one of those Biden districts.
		It's not a D plus 2. It's not New York.
		I could understand maybe some of those vulnerable districts, but this is a blood red district.
		And so I really don't understand, especially when Elise Stefanik, who I would argue is one of McCarthy's biggest allies, she was the one that nominated Mr. Jordan as speaker yesterday.
		And so seeing the McCarthy people come behind Jordan, seeing members of the Freedom Caucus come behind Jordan, it would only be reasonable to me that we come together as a family, we make sure that we have the ability to start legislating and governing, especially since we are simply less than three weeks away from an important election statewide that we're in Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia.
		We have elections this year that are going to dictate what happens next year in 2024.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		So it looks like right now we have the live feed right now up on C-SPAN.
		ALX, cue me in on exactly what's going on here.
		It looks like they're going to try and offer an amendment to get a consensus speaker, Patrick McHenry, who's the man who slammed the gavel down so angrily.
		He's like a big-time McCarthy ally.
		But we're – yeah, OK.
		So they're just reading quorum right now.
		OK, so I just want to let everyone know.
		What you're seeing live on screen here is the live feed of the floor of the House of Representatives, and we will go – we will cut to the question – to the voting once they actually vote.
		And if they take up this – if they take up this potential – So anyway, sorry about that, Scott.
		I just wanted to give a quick update on what's happening live.
		So I guess the question is, what happens with these people?
		I mean, we're going to see primaries for these people who are voting against Jim Jordan.
		Do you expect that?
scott presler ▲ ● ▼		Absolutely.
		Any member, especially in a red district, that is not listening to his or her constituents, you will be primaried.
		And I see that peacefully.
		I see that respectfully.
		But again, eight of those ten districts where they voted to impeach President Trump as Republicans...
		That is seen as disloyal.
		That is seen as traitorous.
		That is seen as an attack on our conservative values.
		And I think people are very much likening what was done to President Trump as to what is being done to Jim Jordan and not supporting him at this moment in time.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Such a great point.
		They did the exact same thing to President Trump.
		Scott, thank you.
		We're going to jump in here to the actual nominating speeches.
		God bless you and Godspeed in your work, sir.
scott presler ▲ ● ▼		Thanks, Benny.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		All right, here we go.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Tom Cole.
unidentified		Defending my very good friend and our former speaker, Mr. McCarthy, from an effort to vacate the chair.
		And in the course of that speech, I made the remark that those who did this, whether intentionally or unintentionally, were going to put the Congress in a state of chaos.
		I think the last two weeks have vindicated that observation.
		But we have a chance today to end that chaos and to end that uncertainty.
		Now, when these races happen, there's always a lot of hard things said on both sides of the aisle.
		There's a lot of finger-pointing that goes on.
		I don't intend to be involved in any of that today.
		I think the decision in front of us is far, far too important for that.
		But I am very proud, very proud, to place in nomination the name of our good friend, my good friend, our Republican candidate for speaker, the Honorable Jim Jordan of Ohio.
		out Knowing Jim Jordan for a long time.
		I've been in Congress for a long time.
		So for his entire period in the House, I've had the honor of serving with my friend.
		Now, my friend is not exactly as freaking violent.
		You don't win national championships in college.
		You don't come to this floor with a sincere set of beliefs and desire to make a change and be shy about it.
		And my friend is not a shy person.
		But I've learned some things about him over the years.
		He is a person of absolute personal integrity.
		I've never once had to question something that he told me.
		He's an honorable man.
		Also, I think we all know he's a pretty direct man, too.
		I don't think anybody in here on any issue of any substance would have to guess where Jim Jordan is going to stand.
		He doesn't deceive.
		He doesn't assemble.
		He simply tells you straight up, this is what I believe, this is why I think it's the right thing to do for the country, and that's what I'm going to try and accomplish, and I'm going to work with you any way that I can to do it.
		Now, the other thing I think we've found in the last couple of weeks is what it takes to be a speaker.
		And the one thing I know, never having been one and never having aspired to be one, that it takes a spine of steel to do this job.
		My friend has that kind of determination, has that kind of character, has that kind of spine.
		And I think the next speaker is going to need that quality.
		And I know my friend has it in great abundance.
		Now, if you're a Republican, it ought to be a pretty easy decision, my friends.
		You know, this is somebody who believes what we believe and has fought for and shown that over and over again.
		You know, I first got to know him.
		A lot of his focus was on spending.
		That's exactly where the focus of this house ought to be.
		Now, he's laid out a plan, not just a short-term plan, as to how we deal with the appropriations process.
		I'm an appropriator.
		I think I know that that's not the root of the problem.
		But unlike any other speaker we've had, he's had the courage to talk about a long-term plan and to get at the real drivers of debt.
		And we all know what they are.
		We all know it's Social Security.
		We all know it's Medicare.
		We all know it's Medicaid.
		No president of either side has been willing to deal with this.
		No speaker of either side has been willing to deal with this.
		My friend, our former colleague John Delaney, and I offered a plan.
		I still follow it every year.
		John's not here anymore.
		To go back and do in 1983 what we did then and address Social Security, we never can get any help.
		This is the guy that wants to create a debt commission, a bipartisan debt commission, and get at the roots of our spending problem.
		That takes courage.
		And Republicans ought to support somebody with that kind of courage.
		Now, he's not only focused on one thing.
		I don't know anybody that's done more to highlight and talk about the Border disaster that is underway right now as we speak.
		You know, I had the privilege of serving here when Jay Johnson was Secretary of Homeland Security.
		I have a very high opinion of Jay Johnson.
		I think he's one of the finest public servants I ever met.
		And he was asked on one occasion to define what was the crisis on the southern border.
		And he said, anytime you have more than a thousand illegal entries a day, you have a crisis.
		We have 10 or 11 times that every single day.
		And in that tide of humanity that's coming across, there is a boatload of fentanyl coming to kill tens of thousands of all of our constituents.
		There are human traffickers.
		Who are taking advantage of young men and young women and, frankly, predators in our own country, and they're bringing them across, not by the tens or the twenties or the dozens, but by the hundreds and the thousands.
		There are amongst that flow of people, people that wish us ill, people who are not fleeing from oppression, people who are terrorists or criminals that are coming into our country for no good reason.
	Now that is not an immigration problem.
	That's a border security problem.
	They are not the same thing.
	We can debate immigration.
	That's a worthy debate.
	We should never have to debate border security.
	Nobody's highlighted that issue like my friend.
	Jim Jordan.
	Nobody's done more as a committee chairman to move legislation that would meaningfully deal with this problem.
	And this, my friends, on both sides of the aisle, but with all due respect, particularly this administration and my friends on the other side, you need to look at this.
	You need to look at this seriously.
	Don't confuse it with immigration.
	You ain't going to have immigration reform until we have border security.
	It cannot be done.
	This has been the number one champion of that.
	It's one of the number one issues that we have.
	Finally, I want to talk about something that can bring us together.
	There are a lot of things we disagree on, legitimately so.
	Most of us do not disagree about the security of the State of Israel.
	All of us.
	All of us on both sides of the aisle reacted with horror and with With deep sympathy and with legitimate outrage at the crime that was perpetrated against the people of Israel in the last week.
	All of us and all of us know that they are within their rights to respond forcefully and swiftly to defend their people and punish those who brought that upon them.
	Thank you.
	So at a moment of crisis, and we are in a moment of crisis, we should come together and act.
	And we know we can't do that without a Speaker of the House.
	Now, it's a narrow majority, but my friends and I are in the majority.
	And we need to produce a Speaker.
	We have a candidate who we know where he will stand on issues that are important.
	We know where he's going to stand on spending because it's where he's always stood.
	Not like he's changed over the course of his career.
	I know what he's going to do on the border.
	I've read HR, too.
	I've seen what his committee produced.
	And it's not just money, it's policy and change that will provide security for the American people.
	And finally, and I say this on a bipartisan basis, I know he will stand up for Israel, and I know in that area we can come together.
	That crisis is on us now.
	We may get a request.
	Almost any time to act.
	We need to be able to act.
	My friend will act on that crisis.
	He's shown his whole career.
	So it's with a great deal of pride that I have the privilege of nominating my friend, our chairman of the Judiciary Committee, but a person whose principles you know, whose actions you can trust, and who in a time of crisis will respond with the leadership we need.
	Jim Jordan.
	Thank you.
	The chair now recognizes the gentleman from California, Mr. Aguilar.
	Mr. Speaker Pro Tem, I rise today at the direction of the House Democratic Caucus to place a nomination for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honorable Hakeem Jeffries of New York.
	Thank you.
	Here we are again, Mr. Speaker.
	And I promise to make these speeches shorter if we get closer to a compromise, but I'm not certain that that's going to happen at this moment.
	While the Republican candidate for speaker is making late-night backroom deals to secure the gavel, Leader Jeffries has once again extended the hand of bipartisanship for a path forward.
	One thing was very clear yesterday.
	The vote total.
	220.
	212 to 200.
	The People's House has spoken and Leader Jeffries has the support to be speaker that this country needs.
	Thank you.
	Mr. Speaker, 212 to 200.
	No amount of election denying is going to take away from those vote totals.
	Thank you.
	We shouldn't, Mr. Speaker Potem, we shouldn't be surprised at the vote count.
	I noted yesterday the legislative acumen of the gentleman from Ohio.
	Would it surprise anyone that in addition to not passing a single piece of legislation, He's never put a piece of legislation that has made it to a committee.
	The Speaker of the House must be a legislator.
	And the gentleman from Ohio falls short in that regard.
	He supports an extreme agenda and is hell-bent on banning abortion nationwide.
	Gutting Medicare, gutting Social Security, and giving cover to January 6th attackers.
	Those aren't the values that we share.
	If we don't see a speaker elected in this round, there's going to be another candidate and another internal Republican conference vote and a secret ballot, and the country can't afford more delays and more chaos.
	15 days should be enough.
	House Democrats are united on this path forward.
	We're united behind Hakeem Jeffries, united to put people over politics, and united to lower costs, create better paying jobs, build safer communities, and defend democracy.
	And once again, we're coming together to achieve this common goal, and that is to make Hakeem Jeffries Speaker of the House of Representatives.
	Thank you.
	Almost, almost, Mr. Speaker Proton.
	Hakeem Jeffries has done what we haven't seen from the other side of the aisle, and that is to keep a caucus united.
	When extreme MAGA Republicans vowed to send our country into a devastating default, it was Leader Jeffries who led House Democrats to reject the extremism and keep the government open.
	applause applause applause Mr. Speaker Pro Tem, we have the vote totals to back that up.
	It has been Leader Jeffries and House Democrats who have shown a willingness and a conviction to keep our promise to deliver for American families.
	And it will be Hakeem Jeffries who will move our body and our country forward on a bipartisan path.
	Who on the other side of the aisle, Mr. Speaker Pro Tem, will take yes for an answer and work with us to achieve three common goals?
	And my colleague and good friend, the gentleman from Oklahoma, mentioned one of them.
	supporting assistance to Israel, but what he left out was assistance to Ukraine and our national security objectives.
	Thank you.
	Second, above all else, we must commit to keep this government open and functioning.
	Thank you.
	And finally, Mr. Speaker Potem, we need to put this body on a bipartisan path to achieve real results for the American public.
	That is what we were sent to do.
	That is what we need to do.
	That is why Hakeem Jeffries is the leader we need at this time to lead this chamber.
	I'd like to nominate Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House.
	a year back No further nominations.
	The reading clerk will now call the roll.
	Adams.
	Jeffries.
	Adderhall.
	Jordan.
	Aguilar.
	Jeffries.
	Alford.
	Jordan.
	Allen.
	Jordan.
	All red.
	Jeffries.
	Amaday.
	Jordan.
	Armstrong.
	Jordan.
	Arrington.
	Jordan.
	Auchincloss.
	Jeffries.
	Babin.
	Jordan.
	Bacon.
	McCarthy.
	Baird.
	Jordan.
	Alderson.
	Jordan.
	Jeffries.
	Banks.
	Jordan.
	Barr.
	Jordan.
	Barrigan.
	Jeffries.
	Bean of Florida.
	Jordan.
	Beatty.
	Jeffries.
	Bents.
	Jordan.
	Bera.
	Jeffries.
	Bergman.
	Jordan.
	Beyer.
	Jeffries.
	Bice.
	Jordan.
	Biggs.
	Jordan.
	Bill Arrakas.
	Jordan.
	Bishop of Georgia.
	Jeffries.
	Bishop of North Carolina.
	Jordan.
	Blumenauer.
	Jeffries.
	Blunt Rochester.
	Jeffries.
	Boebert.
	Jordan.
	Bonamici.
	Jeffries.
	Bost.
	Jordan.
	Bowman.
	Jeffries.
	Boyle of Pennsylvania.
	Jeffries.
	Brakeen.
	Jordan.
	Brown.
	Jeffries.
	Brownlee.
	Jeffries.
	Buchanan.
	Donald's.
	Buck.
	Emmer Bouchon.
	Jordan.
	Budzinski.
	Jeffries.
	Birchett.
	Jordan.
	Burgess.
	Jordan.
	Burleson.
	Jordan.
	Bush.
	Jeffries.
	Calvert.
	Jordan.
	Kamek.
	Jordan.
	Caraveo.
	Jeffries.
	Carbajal.
	Jeffries.
	Cardenas.
	Jeffries.
	Carrie.
	Jordan.
	Carl.
	Jordan.
	Carson.
	Jeffries.
	Carter of Georgia.
	Jordan.
	Carter of Louisiana.
	Jeffries.
	Carter of Texas.
	Jordan.
	Cartwright.
	Jeffries.
	Jeffries.
	Kassar.
	Jeffries.
	Case.
	Jeffries.
	Kasten.
	Jeffries.
	Castor of Florida.
	Jeffries.
	Castro of Texas.
	Jeffries.
	Chavez de Reamer.
	McCarthy.
	Sherfalis McCormick.
	Jeffries.
	Chu.
	Jeffries.
	Cisco Moni.
	Jordan.
	Clark of Massachusetts.
	Jeffries.
	Clark of New York.
	Jeffries.
	Cleaver.
	Jeffries.
	Klein.
	Jordan.
	Cloud.
	Jordan.
	Clyburn.
	Jeffries.
	Clyde.
	Jordan.
	Cohen.
	Jeffries.
	Cole.
	Jordan.
	Collins.
	Jordan.
	Comer.
	Jordan.
	Connelly.
	Jeffries.
	Correa.
	Jeffries.
	Costa.
	Jeffries.
	Jeffries.
	Craig.
	Jeffries.
	Crane.
	Jordan.
	Crawford.
	Jordan.
	Crenshaw.
	Jordan.
	Crockett.
	Jeffries.
	Crow.
	Jeffries.
	Cuellar.
	Jeffries.
	Curtis.
	Jordan.
	Davids of Kansas.
	Jeffries.
	Davidson.
	Jordan.
	Davis of Illinois.
	Jeffries.
	Davis of North Carolina.
	Jeffries.
	Dean of Pennsylvania.
	Jeffries.
	DeGette.
	Jeffries.
	DeLaCruz.
	Jordan.
	DeLauro.
	Jeffries.
	DelBene.
	Jeffries.
	Delusio.
	Jeffries.
	Desaunye.
	Jeffries.
	Desjardins.
	Jordan.
	D 'Esposito.
	Lee Zeldin.
	Zeldin.
	Diaz-Balart.
	Scalise.
	Dingle.
	Jeffries.
	Doggett.
	Jeffries.
	Donalds.
	Jordan.
	Duarte.
	Jordan.
	Duncan.
	Jordan.
	Dunn of Florida.
	Jordan.
	Edwards.
	Jordan.
	LZ.
	Welcome to the flagpole, Mike Garcia.
	Mike Garcia.
	Welcome to the flagpole.
	Emmer.
	Jordan.
	Escobar.
	Jeffries.
	Eshoo.
	Jeffries.
	Espeyat.
	Jeffries.
	Estes.
	Jordan.
	Evans.
	Jeffries.
	Ezell.
	Jordan.
	Fallon.
	Jordan.
	Finstra.
	Jordan.
	Ferguson.
	Scalise.
	Finstad.
	Jordan.
	Fischbach.
	Jordan.
	Fitzgerald.
	Jordan.
	Fitzpatrick.
	Jordan.
	Fleischman.
	Jordan.
	Jordan.
	Fletcher.
	Jeffries.
	Flood, Jordan.
	Foster, Jeffries.
	Fushi, Jeffries.
	Fox, Jordan.
	Lois Frankel, Jeffries.
	Scott Franklin, Jordan.
	Frost.
	Jeffries.
	Fry.
	Jordan.
	Fulcher.
	Jordan.
	Gates.
	Jordan.
	Gallagher.
	Jordan.
	Gallego.
	Jeffries.
	Garamendi.
	Jeffries.
	Garbarino.
	Selden.
	Mike Garcia.
	Jordan.
	Robert Garcia.
	Jeffries.
	Garcia of Illinois.
	Jeffries.
	Garcia of Texas.
	Jeffries.
	Jimenez.
	McCarthy.
	Thank you.
	Golden of Maine.
	Jeffries.
	Goldman of New York.
	Jeffries.
	Gomez.
	Jeffries.
	Tony Gonzalez.
	Scalise.
	Scalise.
	Vicente Gonzalez.
	Jeffries.
	Good of Virginia.
	Jordan.
	Gooden of Texas.
	Jordan.
	Gosar.
	Jordan.
	Gottheimer.
	Jeffries.
	Granger.
	Scalise.
	Graves of Louisiana Jordan Graves of Missouri Jordan Green of Tennessee Jordan Green of Texas Jeffries Green
	of Georgia.
	Jordan.
	Griffith.
	Jordan.
	Grijalva.
	Jeffries.
	Grothman.
	Grothman.
	Jordan.
	Guest.
	Jordan.
	Guthrie.
	Jordan.
	Hageman.
	Jordan.
	Harder of California.
	Jeffries.
	Harris.
	Jordan.
	Harsberger.
	Jordan.
	Hayes.
	Jeffries.
	Hearn.
	Jordan.
	Higgins of Louisiana.
	Jordan.
	Higgins of New York.
	Jefferies.
	Hill.
	Jordan.
	Hines.
	Jefferies.
	Henson.
	Jordan.
	Horsford.
	Jefferies.
	Houchen.
	Jordan.
	Houlihan.
	Jefferies.
	Hoyer.
	Jefferies.
	Hoyle of Oregon.
	Jefferies.
	Hudson.
	Jordan.
	Huffman.
	Jefferies.
	Huizenga.
	Jordan.
	Hunt.
	Jordan.
	Issa.
	Jordan.
	Ivy.
	Jeffries.
	Jackson of Illinois.
	Jeffries.
	Jackson of North Carolina.
	Jeffries.
	Jackson of Texas.
	Jordan.
	Jackson Lee.
	Jeffries.
	Jacobs.
	Jeffries.
	James.
	Miller Meeks.
	Candice Miller of Michigan.
	Candice Miller of Michigan.
	House to come to order.
	The clerk will continue.
	Jayapal.
	Jeffries Jeffries Jeffries Johnson of Georgia, Jeffries.
	Johnson of Louisiana, Jordan.
	Johnson of Ohio, Jordan.
	Johnson of South Dakota, Jordan.
	Jordan.
	Jordan.
	Joyce of Ohio.
	Jordan.
	Joyce of Pennsylvania.
	Jordan.
	Chemlogger Dove.
	Jefferies.
	Captor.
	Jefferies.
	Kane of New Jersey.
	Jordan.
	Keating.
	Jeffries.
	Kelly of Illinois.
	Jeffries.
	Kelly of Mississippi.
	Jordan.
	Kelly of Pennsylvania.
	Former Speaker of the House, the Honorable John Boehner.
	Boehner.
	Kana.
	Kana.
	Jeffries.
	Kiggins of Virginia.
	McCarthy.
	Kildee.
	Jeffries.
	Kylie.
	Jordan.
	Kilmer.
	Jeffries.
	Kim of California.
	Jordan.
	Kim of New Jersey.
	Jeffries.
	Krishnamoorthy.
	Jeffries.
	Kuster.
	Jeffries.
	Kustal.
	Jordan.
	LaHood.
	Jordan.
	Belota.
	Zeldin.
	LaMalfa.
	Jordan.
	Lamborn.
	Lamborn, Jordan.
	Landsman, Jeffries.
	Langworthy, Jordan.
	Larson of Washington, Jeffries.
	Larson of Connecticut, Jeffries.
	Latta, Jordan.
	LaTurner.
	Jordan Lawler Speaker Kevin McCarthy McCarthy Lee of California Jeffries Lee of Florida Jordan Lee of Nevada Jeffries.
	Lee of Pennsylvania.
	Jeffries.
	Ledger Fernandez.
	Jeffries.
	Lesko.
	Jordan.
	Letlow.
	Jordan.
	Levin.
	Jeffries.
	Lou.
	Jeffries.
	Lofgren.
	Jeffries.
	Loudermilk.
byron donalds ▲ ● ▼		Jordan.
unidentified		Lucas.
		Jordan.
		Luke Kumeyer.
		Jordan.
		Luna.
		Jordan.
		Luttrell.
		Jordan.
		Lynch.
		Jeffries.
		Mace.
		Jordan.
		Magaziner.
		Jeffries.
		Molly Otakas.
		Jordan.
		Mann.
		Jordan.
		Manning.
		Jeffries.
		Massey.
		Jordan.
		Mast.
		Jordan.
		Matsui.
		Jeffries.
		Macbeth.
		Jeffries.
		McCarthy.
		Jordan.
		McCall.
		Jordan.
		McClain.
		Jordan.
		McClellan.
		Jeffries.
		McClintock.
		Jordan.
		McCollum.
		Jeffries.
		McCormick.
		Jordan.
		McGarvey.
		Jeffries.
		McGovern.
		Jeffries.
		McHenry.
		Jordan.
		Meeks.
		Jeffries.
		Menendez.
		Jeffries.
		Ming.
		Jeffries.
		Muser.
		Jordan.
		Mfume.
		Jeffries.
		Miller of Illinois Jordan Miller of Ohio Jordan Miller of West Virginia Jordan Miller Meeks Granger
		Mills Jordan Molinaro Jordan Mooney Jordan.
		Moore of Alabama.
		Jordan.
		Moore of Utah.
		Jordan.
	Moore of Wisconsin.
	Jeffries.
	Moran.
	Jordan.
	Morelli.
	Jeffries.
	Moskowitz.
	Jeffries.
	Moulton, Jeffries.
	Mervan, Jeffries.
	Mullen, Jeffries.
	Murphy, Jordan.
	Nadler, Jeffries.
	Napolitano, Jeffries.
	Neal.
	Jeffries.
	Ngoose.
	Jeffries.
	Nels.
	Jordan.
	Newhouse.
	Jordan.
	Nickel.
	Jeffries.
	Norcross.
	Jeffries.
	Norman.
	Jordan.
	Nunn of Iowa.
	Jordan.
	Obernolte.
	Jordan.
	Ocasio-Cortez.
	Jeffries.
	Ogles.
	Jordan.
	Omar.
	Jeffries.
	Owens.
	Jordan.
	Pallone.
	Jeffries.
	Palmer.
	Jordan.
	Panetta.
	Jeffries.
	Pappas.
	Jeffries.
	Pascrell.
	Jeffries.
	Payne.
	Payne.
	Pelosi.
	The truly honorable Hakeem Jeffries.
	Jeffries.
	Peltola.
	Jeffries.
	Pence.
	Jordan.
	Jordan.
	Perez.
	Perez.
	Jeffries.
	Perry.
	Jordan.
	Peters.
	Jeffries.
	Pedersen.
	Jeffries.
	Pfluger.
	Jordan.
	Phillips.
	Jeffries.
	Pingree.
	Jefferies.
	Pocan.
	Jefferies.
	Porter.
	Jefferies.
	Posey.
	Jordan.
	Presley.
	Jefferies.
	Quigley.
	Jeffries.
	Ramirez.
	Jeffries.
	Raskin.
	Jeffries.
	Rushenthaler.
	Jordan.
	Rogers of Washington.
	Jordan.
	Rogers of Alabama.
	Jordan.
	Rogers of Kentucky.
	Jordan.
	Rose.
	Jordan.
	Rosendale.
	Jordan.
	Ross.
	Jeffries.
	Rouser.
	Jordan.
	Roy.
	Jordan.
	Ruiz.
	Jeffries.
	Ruppersberger.
	Jeffries.
	Rutherford.
	Scalise.
	Ryan.
	Jeffries.
	Salazar.
	Jordan.
	Salinas.
	Jeffries.
	Sanchez.
	Jeffries.
	Santos.
scott presler ▲ ● ▼		Jordan.
unidentified		Sarbanes.
		Jeffries.
		Scalise.
		Jordan.
		Thank you.
		Scanlon, Jeffries.
		Schakowsky, Jeffries.
		Schiff, Jeffries.
		Schneider, Jeffries.
		Skolten, Jeffries.
		Schreier, Jeffries.
		Schweikert, Jordan.
		Austin Scott.
		Jordan.
		David Scott.
		Jeffries.
		Scott of Virginia.
		Jeffries.
		Self.
		Jordan.
		Sessions.
		Jordan.
		Sewell.
		Jeffries.
		Sherman.
		Jeffries.
		Cheryl.
		Jeffries.
		Simpson.
		Scalise.
		Slotkin.
		Jeffries.
		Smith of Missouri.
		Jordan.
		Smith of Nebraska.
		Jordan.
		Smith of New Jersey.
		Jordan.
		Smith of Washington.
		Jeffries.
		Smucker.
		Jordan.
		Sorensen.
		Jeffries.
		Soto.
		Jeffries.
		Spanberger.
		Jeffries.
		Sparks.
		Sparks.
		Stansberry.
		Jeffries.
		Stanton.
		Jeffries.
		Stauber.
		Westerman.
		Steel, Jordan.
		Stefanik, Jordan.
		Style, Jordan.
		Stubbe, Jordan.
		Stevens, Jeffries.
		Strickland, Jeffries.
		Strong, Jordan.
		Swalwell.
	Jeffries.
	Sykes.
	Jeffries.
	Takano.
	Jeffries.
	Tenny.
	Jordan.
	Tanadar.
	Jeffries.
	Thompson of California.
	Jeffries.
	Thompson of Mississippi.
	Jeffries.
	Thompson of Pennsylvania.
	Jordan.
	Tiffany.
	Jordan.
	Timmons.
	Jordan.
	Titus.
	Jeffries.
	Tlaib.
	Tlaib.
	Takuda.
	Jeffries.
	Tonko.
	Jeffries.
	Torres of California.
	Jeffries.
	Torres of New York.
	Jeffries.
	Trahan.
	Jeffries.
	Trone.
	Trone.
	Turner.
	Jordan.
	Underwood.
	Jeffries.
	Valadeo.
	Jordan.
	Van Drew.
	The Honorable Jim Jordan.
	Jordan.
	Van Dyne.
	Jordan.
	Van Orden.
	Jordan.
	Vargas.
	Jeffries.
	Vasquez.
	Jefferies.
	Vesey.
	Jeffries.
	Velazquez.
	Jeffries.
	Wagner.
	Jordan.
	Wahlberg.
	Jordan.
	Waltz.
	Jordan.
	Wasserman Schultz.
	Jeffries.
	Waters.
	Jeffries.
	Watson Coleman.
	Jeffries.
	Weber of Texas.
	Jordan.
	Webster of Florida.
	Jordan.
	Winstrup.
	Jordan.
	Westerman.
	Jordan.
	Webston.
	Jeffries.
	Wild.
	Jefferies.
	Williams of Georgia.
	Jefferies.
	Williams of New York.
	Jordan.
	Williams of Texas.
	Jordan.
	Wilson of Florida.
	Jefferies.
	Wilson of South Carolina.
	Jordan.
	Whitman.
	Jordan.
	Womack.
	Scalace.
	Yakum.
	Jordan.
	Zinke.
	Jordan.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Ladies and gentlemen, we do our best to not interfere with the actual voting and to not smart off of the mouth, hold our tongues, but as you can see here, the tallies on screen, unless people go running to change their votes, which I highly doubt, there will now be more people voting against Jim Jordan.
		More people voting against Jim Jordan.
		20 was yesterday, 22 today, 22 different people from similar factions of Congress voting against Jim Jordan because they want, they don't stand for smaller government, they don't stand for Republican priorities, principles, and they certainly don't represent you as the House of Representatives.
		They represent not you.
		They represent, of course, the interests of Washington, D.C. They represent, of course, themselves.
		They are using you.
		This is a sick game.
		They are not following what the voters are demanding.
		Not a single Republican voter.
unidentified		The voting clerk will now call the names of the members who did not answer the first call of the roll.
		Payne.
		Jeffries.
		Here we go.
		Give them some more.
		Sparts.
		Jordan.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Well, there we go.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		That was unexpected.
unidentified		Thank you.
		Tlaib.
		Jeffries.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Hamas.
		Oh, Jeffries.
		Got it.
		Sorry.
unidentified		And then that's what we have is Trone.
		Trone.
		Trone.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Jeffries Ladies and gentlemen, it sounds like those were the members of Congress that didn't vote for the first time.
		Victoria Sparks, quite shocking.
		She's been openly against Jim Jordan and fomenting against Jim Jordan.
		She actually flipped her vote to Jim Jordan.
		Which I was just shocked to see that.
		So now they're going to obviously tally the votes.
		Members of Congress can run up to the dais and change their votes.
		This happens actually quite regularly.
		If members of Congress just voted present, if 15 members of the Republican Party just voted present, then you'd have a Speaker Jim Jordan right now.
		But they can't vote present because they are captured, controlled, leveraged by forces outside of Republican voters outside of the interests of the Republican Party, and certainly to the back-end call interest of the Democrats who run Washington, D.C., the Republicans who voted against Jim Jordan today are actively handing the gavel against the will of the voters to the Democrat Party.
		Mark my words.
		Now, ladies and gentlemen, these votes are not official until they have been tallied.
		Members of Congress can run up and change their votes.
		They could vote present.
		The question at hand is what will Republicans do now?
		Because right now you have Jim Jordan who is still 20 votes away from becoming Speaker.
		You need 100, I'm sorry, correction, you need 217 votes to become Speaker.
		So Jim Jordan is 19 votes away.
		You see 22 people have voted for someone other than Jim Jordan.
		Yesterday there were 20 people who voted for someone other than Jim Jordan.
		Why would these people do this?
		There are two camps of the people who are voting against Jim Jordan.
		One, and this is the largest camp.
		These are the people who assign money.
		The appropriators in Congress.
		This is why Tom Cole was selected to give Jim Jordan the nominating speech to try and peel those people off.
		The appropriators don't like the fact that Jim Jordan is going to cut government spending and that Jim Jordan is going to severely decrease the amount of money that they can use for their graft, corruption, and kickbacks to their friends.
		The appropriators are very powerful people in Congress.
		Jim Jordan was going to limit them, and so the appropriators on the Republican side have all aligned against Jim Jordan.
		The other people who aligned against Jim Jordan are people who have dual loyalty, the people who are loyal to, let's say, the interests of forever war, who want their members of Congress to, who want their staff members.
		A good example of this is Mike Rogers, who has voted for Jim Jordan, okay, so I'm not trying to put him on blast, even though Mike Rogers was saying he should work with Democrats this weekend.
		Mike Rogers, as chief of staff, is a Ukraine lobbyist.
		So, do you think Mike Rogers is interested in continuing the Ukraine war?
		Yes!
		He is a pig at the trough.
		What you are seeing here is the largest videotaped live feed of a criminal cartel currently operating in the world.
		This is the most organized criminal cartel who are designed.
		Thieves who steal trillions from you and me in broad daylight.
		The vast majority of them.
		The ones who are voting against Jordan are the ones who wish to steal more from you.
		The appropriators want deficit spending.
		They want high interest rates.
		They want the dollar to be spent.
		They want to soak and rip and seethe and claw the last single drops of value from the dollar.
		They want entitlement programs to explode.
		They are Democrats.
		They are not Republicans.
		Every single Democrat's a Democrat.
		There are no secret Republicans who are Democrats.
		But every single Republican is not a Republican.
		There are many Republicans who are actually secret Democrats.
		And the appropriators are those people.
		The appropriators lose power when you spend less.
		The mechanism is utterly and totally perverse.
		It's like paying people in welfare who have fatherless homes.
		The mechanism is sick and perverse.
		You actually incentivize fatherlessness then.
		It is the same thing with deficit spending.
		You incentivize more spending.
		These people want more power to spend more money that we don't have.
		A reminder that America, every single dollar that the federal government takes in through taxes.
		So your paycheck is taxed.
		Then you have to pay taxes on the goods you consume.
		Then you pay taxes on the property and things that you own.
	And then, ultimately, you're paying for all of that in money that has already been taxed.
	You're taxed more in this country.
	We are a tax farm for a globalist empire, and that is why Israel is asking us for $10 billion.
	Does Israel need $10 billion?
	Are you joking?
	We spent $150 billion in Ukraine.
	These places don't need money.
	They're just using us as a tax farm.
	We're the most overtaxed, stiflingly taxed, crushingly taxed.
	We fought an entire war over like a two-cent tax.
	The Revolutionary War, the tea tax was like a penny.
	And then as soon as we won, there was a whiskey tax.
	It's called the Whiskey Rebellion.
	It's the first thing that happened.
	Because the federal government decided to do a sin tax.
	Sin tax on the distilling of whiskey.
	And so they fought a war.
	They had to call up George Washington and the Continental Army because all the distillers were furious that they were getting taxed.
	My, how we have fallen.
	My, how we have fallen.
	And so that's what this vote is about.
	Ladies and gentlemen, this vote is about these members of Congress and their petty personal grudges and their selfishness and their inability to listen to their voters.
unidentified		Thank you.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		We didn't have an income tax for the first 150 years of this country's existence.
		You would be able to keep 100% of your paycheck.
		No taxes.
		Every person who works at my company would love that.
unidentified		Ooh, baby.
unidentified		With that process done, the numbers there on the screen, now the telling finishing up and paperwork to be signed, and then it's on to next steps.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Alright, so what are the next steps, ladies and gentlemen?
		Reporters are saying that the Republican conference will all gather together and that they will have sort of a household meeting about Jim Jordan and about what we have, what the game is at play.
		They did not take up a motion to make Speaker Pro Tem, Patrick McHenry, give him speaker powers.
		So that did not happen in this round.
		Jim Jordan lost support.
		Even though some members flipped to Jim Jordan, overall, he lost support.
		So there are 20 people voting against him yesterday.
		There are 22 people voting against him today.
		Just a reminder.
		For the first 150 years of America, there was no income tax.
		And when they created an income tax, it was just for the rich.
		But, of course, the rich are smart enough to get out of taxes.
		And so, of course, that got passed immediately on to the middle class.
		And so it's not the rich who paid the tax.
		The middle class who pay the taxes to support government spending.
		And then that's the way it's been since 1913 with the introduction of the income tax.
		And that is what these people are voting against Jim Jordan for.
		These people are voting against Jim Jordan because they believe that the middle class in America deserves to be taxed more.
		They deserve to have more deficit spending and destroy you more.
		Ladies and gentlemen, we are fighting every single day against this.
		We are doing our best.
		We are trying our hardest to remain independent and to remain an independent source of news that can do live feeds right now for two hours.
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		So, what we are hearing is reports that Republican Conference will gather, and they will all sit down together, and they will have a family meeting, as they call it, and people will figure out who these, you know, these 20 people will have to be able to speak for themselves.
		And there's going to have to be some type of compromise here.
		Listen, I don't know how many of these people are suicidal politically, like metaphorically.
		But if you side with Democrats, look, what you're doing here is you're siding with Democrats to give the House to the Democrats.
		If they give the House to the Democrats, they will say bye-bye to the impeachment inquiry, which just got started for Joe Biden, just getting off the ground.
		Say bye-bye to the whistleblowers against the prosecution of Hunter Biden and the laptop.
		Remember how there were whistleblowers coming forward to work with Republicans in Congress from the IRS?
	People who voted for Joe Biden were coming forward to work.
	Say bye-bye to that.
	Say bye-bye to all of the very, very fragile But important work that was starting to be, the world was starting to finally turn against Biden.
	We were starting to create the momentum to actually break through to the normies about what a corrupt, old, senile bastard this man is and how dangerous he is for our nation.
	This is music to their ears.
	This is music to Democrats' ears.
	Which is why I'm furious, actually, at the lack of tact in...
	Involved in all of this.
	The lack of tact.
	The lack of thoughtfulness.
	I know that there are grieved parties on both sides, but this is politics, baby.
	This is a war zone.
	You're going to get your feelings hurt.
	You get your feelings hurt.
	You throw temper tantrums.
	It's not helpful.
	We make fun of the left for doing the exact thing.
	We've got to have thicker skin, and we've got to have the capacity to fight with a unified goal.
	There's one thing about the Marxists and one thing about the Marxist Democrats that they are fighting for a unified, they have a unified goal in mind.
	Ladies and gentlemen, it is a dangerous world.
	I do want to hop in here and note that there were fires at embassies around the planet yesterday.
	And thank you very much for the super chat, unsilent.
	I just saw that come in.
	Let me pop that up on screen.
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	There are fires outside of the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon.
	This is what the embassy looked like.
	Multiple embassies across the Mideast were set ablaze last night.
	Here's the American one in Lebanon.
	This is, of course, Benghazi 2.0.
	Who's ready for the sequel?
unidentified		Watch.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Oh, boy.
		Are you ready?
		Round two.
		The scariest part about all of this is that it really does seem like there's nobody in our leadership class that is even remotely interested in preventing war.
		We sent Joe Biden over there for like two seconds today.
		Joe Biden was on the ground for like less than two hours.
		So Joe Biden was over there.
		How'd that go?
		Well, you're not seeing a lot of clips of that, are you?
		Huh.
		I wonder why.
		Well, here's why.
		This is what Joe Biden did.
		He's like over there in a war zone.
		This is what Joe Biden did when he got trotted on stage by his puppet masters.
		Here's the voice of the strongest nation on earth.
		Watch.
unidentified		You know, years ago I asked the Secretary of State when he and I were working in the Senate to write something for a man.
		He said, he wrote a line that I think is appropriate.
		He said, it's not, we need, not just, well, I won't go, I'll wait later.
		I'm taking too much time.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		My God.
		Okay.
		Well, Biden asked about the horrific bombing of the hospital in Gaza.
		Here's what he had to say.
unidentified		But the point is this, that I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday.
		And based on what I've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you.
		But there's a lot of people out there not sure.
		So we've got to overcome a lot of things.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		What the hell is he talking about?
		What are you talking about?
		What's going on?
		Joe Biden on stage, of course, not knowing where the hell he's going.
		These are not times for weakness.
		This is why the Republican Party should be strong and should unite and should unite around a strong leader, which is Jim Jordan.
		Not time for weakness.
		This is what weakness looks like.
unidentified		Thank you.
		Shh, shh, shh.
		Thank you.
		Thank you.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Joe Biden not knowing where the hell to go.
		We need some levity, obviously.
		We love memes on the show.
		We use memes day and night.
		There are good memes that have been created even out of these dark times.
		Please enjoy.
unidentified		I remember the first time that I was in Israel with the gold in my ear just before the Six Day War.
		What, did you go on your honeymoon?
		That was in 1967!
		What were you doing in Israel in 1967?
		Would you like a photograph?
		And I thought, that's unusual.
		Where is the story then coming from, Joe?
		We're outside her office.
		And we're standing there having a photograph taken, like you and I are standing looking at her face.
		Okay.
		And she, without looking at me, she turned, she said, you look worried, Senator.
		Senator?
		I am.
		You weren't Senator until 1973!
		The Six Day War was in 1967!
		What the hell are you talking about, Joe?
		Stop talking!
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		So, thank you, memers, for giving us a little bit of levity in this time.
		It has been pretty disastrous the last couple of 24 hours.
		We did a whole read on the bombing of apparently this hospital.
		We deserve to bring you, of course, the actual news now that we are able to see it in daylight.
		It looks like, based on all available evidence, that a Hamas rocket, it was not Israel who bombed a hospital, a Hamas rocket was split into shrapnel over Gaza and pieces hit inside of a parking lot.
		Again, there are no angels.
		People who believe that there are angels in wartime are lying to you.
		They're always lying to you.
		There are no angels in the Ukraine-Russia war.
		And in this battle between Israel and Gaza, neither side is perfect.
		And so we try our very hardest to just give you the straight dish and also to have the capacity to condemn and to state affirmatively our one undeniable and immovable...
		That American troops should not be stationed over there.
		And we should not accelerate conflict.
		We should decelerate conflict.
		But unfortunately, in the current world that we live in, violence is America's only export.
		And so, not something that I take great happiness or joy in reporting.
		I don't like reporting on death and destruction.
		But it does, by all available measures, look like there was a rocket blast that...
		A Hamas rocket, which they fail about 40% of the time and land in Gaza, hurting Palestinians, that these terrorist jackals, bastards, you know, bomb their own people.
		The hospital's still there.
		The hospital's not gone.
		The reports of 500 people being killed, I'm going to have to see some type of validation of that.
		This is all coming from Hamas, so you have to take it with a grain of salt, because it's coming from a terrorist organization, and I'm glad that we did.
		We were the only people yesterday, we got a number of people, like, reaching out.
		We were the only people that, like, did a report that's like, hey, here's the information.
		We're not going to jump to one side or the other.
		Like, here's the information out there.
		So we're going to try our best.
		We try our hardest to do that for you.
		Like, here's the info, man.
		And we're not going to, like, blame Israel or blame Hamas.
		Okay.
		What's going on here?
unidentified		I'm never going to talk to you.
		Thank you.
		The Honorable Kevin McCarthy of the state of California has received five.
		The Honorable Byron Donalds of the state of Florida has received one.
		The Honorable Tom Emmer of the state of Minnesota has received one.
		Lee Zeldin of the state of New York has received three.
		The Honorable Steve Scalise of the state of Louisiana has received seven.
		The Honorable Mike Garcia of the state of California has received one.
		Candace Miller of the state of Michigan has received one.
		John Boehner of the state of Ohio has received one.
		Boo!
		Boo!
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Listen to all the Democrats clapping for that.
unidentified		The Honorable Kay Granger of the state of Texas has received one.
		The Honorable Bruce Westerman of the state of Arkansas has received one.
		No person having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected.
		Pursuant to Clause 12A of Rule 1, the chair declares the House in recess subject to the call of the chair.
		Thank you.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		So they've recessed.
		So they've recessed, ladies and gentlemen, and now you're seeing once more how powerful the evil that is the swamp that must be destroyed is.
		Over our party.
		Over the party of the people.
		Over the party of constitutional conservatism, founding documents, and so forth.
		This is how diseased, infected, cancerous, and benign the effect is on those who are sent to represent you in the House of Representatives.
		I have yet to find a single Republican voter that would have a problem with Jim Jordan.
		Only no Republican activists who are thrilled about the prospect of a Speaker's Jim Jordan.
		Yet the people who voted against Jim Jordan are now attacking their own constituencies, attacking their own voters, saying that they're feeling intimidated by their own voters.
		Here they are on screen, ladies and gentlemen.
		So here we shall read the names and we shall shame.
		Once more, Don Bacon of bright red, blood red, Red Planet.
		Mars is called the Red Planet, so the guy might as well be from Mars, Nebraska.
		22 votes against Jim Jordan on the second ballot.
		So Don Bacon, once again, leading the charge from Nebraska.
		A pox upon your house, dude.
		Like, deep and abiding shame on you.
		Buchanan, Buck, Chavez Demir, Desposito, Diaz-Balart, Isley, Ferguson, Garbiano, You didn't need all of them to vote for Jim Jordan,
		but Jim Jordan could only lose four to five votes, depending on if people voted present or depending on where the quorum number was.
		So there you go.
		We're going to do a...
		Cross-reference here to find out how many of these people serve on appropriations and foreign services and armed services committee because that's what's holding up Jim Jordan right now.
		Jim Jordan doesn't want to spend as much money as they want to spend.
		Jim Jordan doesn't want to continue deficit spending.
		So all of these people who get enormous power, like engorged ticks, parasitic on the belly of a wounded beast like us, our country, wounded and sick, these people just wish to...
		They wish to betray their country, betray you, betray their voters, and to engorge themselves off the last heaving breaths of the beast that has been felled from the inside.
		Nothing could ever take down America.
		We are way too strong.
		We are way too powerful.
		We are way too scary.
		We control the world's reserves for currency.
		Only we can be destroyed from the inside.
		And these, this list right here, are the people who did it.
		Ladies and gentlemen, these people right here are the people who are...
		Like, if you are represented by one of these people, you need to immediately find a replacement.
		They need to be primaried.
		So, ladies and gentlemen, there is our list.
		Going back to the horrors of what we saw yesterday, because it is despicable, obviously, to have bombs land even in the vicinity of hospitals.
		It is worth saying...
		All of the available evidence shows that Israel did not bomb a hospital yesterday.
		So do not believe those vicious terrorist-funded headlines.
		Israel did not bomb a hospital.
		Okay?
		But we're going to take the news and we're going to do our best to not give you some type of fomenting, rage-filled, biased, especially in the fog of war style report.
		We're going to vet this stuff out.
		And it turns out...
		We were really smart to do that because everyone, including the New York Times and the disinformation expert on NBC, they ran with, oh, Israel bombs hospital.
		Got it.
		Great.
		That doesn't seem like a very smart thing to do, tactically.
		So they all ran with the Hamas headline because they are all dutiful stewards and dutiful little eunuchs for the terrorist group over there because they are either self-loathing Ladies and gentlemen, we do live in a very dangerous and a very trying time.
		We live in a time where Republicans should not be traitorous towards each other.
		Republicans should be smart and tactical.
		And we should not put ourselves in these positions, to be quite honest, if there wasn't a plan.
		But ladies and gentlemen, this is the time for us to...
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		From 1 Chronicles 16.11 Look to the Lord and his strength.
		Seek his face always.
		These people think they're in charge.
		Joe Biden thinks he's in charge.
	Obama thinks that he's in charge of Joe Biden.
	And then all of Obama's little apparatchiks think that they're in charge of the mechanisms of our federal government.
	They're not in charge.
	God is in charge.
	Christ is in charge.
	And our salvation through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
	Is what will uplift us, even in trying times, as it has done for Christians for the last 2,000 plus years.
	And so be bountiful, grateful in your heart, and walk upright.
	Be upstanding.
	Hold your head up, high.
	You do not serve a kingdom of man.
	You serve a kingdom of the one true creator and the Savior.
	And so you are already, you have already won, and your victory is already assured.
	So march together, onward, and let us not be shaken.
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