▲ 149 ▼ Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on the first ballot (midwest.social) submitted 2 years ago by Type1@midwest.social to c/usa@midwest.social 46 comments fedilink hide all child comments Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Hakeem Jeffries (NY 8) 212 49.1% Republican Jim Jordan (OH 4) 200 46.3% Republican Steve Scalise (LA 1) 7 1.6% Republican Kevin McCarthy (CA 20) 6 1.4% Republican Lee Zeldin 3 0.7% Republican Tom Cole (OK 4) 1 0.2% Republican Tom Emmer (MN 6) 1 0.2% Republican Mike Garcia (CA 27) 1 0.2% Republican Thomas Massie (KY 4) 1 0.2% Note: official party nominees in bold.
[–] hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I get the impulse, but the difference between a democrat (Jeffries), and someone nominated by a democrat (MOH recipient/etc) to the GOP is minimal if not non-existent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago If you're talking about Republican politicians, I would agree. If you're talking about Republican voters, I strongly disagree. The reverence our current and former soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines have for MoH recipients is stronger than the distrust we have for the major parties. I don't see Republican politicians being able to spin war heroes into political hacks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago If you're talking about Republican politicians, I would agree. If you're talking about Republican voters, I strongly disagree. The reverence our current and former soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines have for MoH recipients is stronger than the distrust we have for the major parties. I don't see Republican politicians being able to spin war heroes into political hacks. permalink fedilink source parent