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On Wednesday, for the second time in roughly 24 hours, Jim Jordan<\/strong> lost<\/a> a vote to become Speaker of the House. He failed to win the gavel by dint of 22 Republicans, an even more embarrassing result than the day prior, when 20 of his colleagues voted for other candidates.<\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Jordan\u2019s back-to-back losses follow more than two weeks<\/a> of what could charitably be called a shitshow dumpster fire of biblical proportions that, as Vanity Fair<\/em>\u2019s Molly Jong-Fast<\/strong> put it<\/a>, \u201cmight be entertaining if the American people weren\u2019t reliant on these people to fund the federal government in a little more than a month.\u201d Now, with no actual solution in sight, Republicans have coalesced around a new plan: Blame it all on the Democrats.\u00a0<\/p>\n On Wednesday, in a logic-defying interview, Representative Austin Scott<\/strong> tried to claim<\/a> to CNN\u2019s\u00a0Brianna Keilar<\/strong>\u00a0that it was Democrats\u2014not Republicans\u2014who were responsible for Kevin McCarthy<\/strong>\u2019s ouster earlier this month, despite the fact that (1) it was literally engineered<\/a> by Representative Matt Gaetz<\/strong> and (2) Republicans are the majority party in the House.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cNinety-six percent of the votes came from Democrats,\u201d Scott said. \u201cSo, Brianna, I mean, just factually speaking, there were only eight Republicans and there were 208 Democrats [who voted to oust McCarthy].\u201d To this, Keilar responded,\u00a0\u201cBut, sir, who\u2019s in the majority?\u201d Incredibly, Scott\u2019s answer was,\u00a0\u201cWell, the Democrats were the majority of that vote.\u201d<\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nX content<\/h4>\n
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