Elected Jim Jordan, Donald Trump’s deputy, failed again on Wednesday to be elected “Speaker” in the US Congress, plunging the institution further into crisis.
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Even though President Biden promised his historic ally his unwavering support in his war with Hamas on his trip to Israel, the House of Representatives, which has not had a president for 15 days, is currently paralyzed and unable to vote on any envelope to implement these commitments.
The American Congress has two chambers: One, the Senate, is won by Joe Biden’s Democrats, but in the lower house, in the hands of the Republicans, there is unprecedented chaos.
This institution has been without a president since the historic impeachment of Kevin McCarthy on October 3, depriving it of its key powers, including passing laws.
The Republicans responsible for electing the “speaker” of this chamber cannot agree and are exposing their differences in broad daylight a year before the American presidential election.
Jordan tries his luck again
Ohio elected official Jim Jordan, a member of the party’s most conservative fringe and a close confidant of Donald Trump, is currently the only Republican candidate vying for the post.
But the fifty-year-old failed, first on Tuesday and then in a second vote on Wednesday, to get enough support from his colleagues to be elected to the top of the chamber.
Around twenty moderate elected officials criticize the combative elected official because of his extreme positions and for this reason refuse to elect him as “speaker”.
In an institution still marked by the attack on the Capitol, Democrats are denouncing Jim Jordan’s ambiguous stance on the 2020 presidential election, an election that Donald Trump still describes without evidence as “stolen.” They won’t help him get on the pole either.
However, this election could take place over several days: fired “Speaker” Kevin McCarthy had to fight for 15 rounds and swallow more than one snake to reach the election in January.
Republicans want to avoid at all costs a repeat of this humiliating scene, which was televised across the country earlier this year. So far in vain.
Necktie
How do the Conservatives get out of this crisis? Several scenarios are being examined by the group.
Starting with the possibility of temporarily strengthening the powers of interim “Speaker” Patrick McHenry.
The sole responsibility of this North Carolina elected official — recognizable by the bow tie he always wears with his suits — is currently organizing the election of Kevin McCarthy’s successor.
Unless there is a surprising alliance between moderate Republicans and the Democratic Party, which has so far been largely a spectator of these negotiations.
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries called on Republicans to end “their civil war” and called for forming “a coalition that cuts across party lines.”