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Jim Jordan loses 3rd vote for House speaker; GOP opposition grows to 25 reps (www.usatoday.com)

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Round 1: 200 votes for Jordan

Round 2: 199 votes for Jordan

Round 3: 194 votes for Jordan

Additional detractors this round:

Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA): Jordan round 2, McHenry round 3

Tom Kean Jr. (R-NY): Jordan round 2, McCarthy round 3

Marc Molinaro (R-NY): Jordan round 2, Zeldin round 3

Other GOP changes:

Wesley Hunt (R-TX): Jordan round 2, absent round 3

Derrick Van Orden (R-WI): Jordan round 2, absent round 3

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True story. After the 2016 election, there was a panel discussion with the creators of House of Cards, Scandal, The West Wing, and all the other US political TV shows. All the participants said the same thing; if they'd had a character denigrate American POWs the way Trump did in real life, the networks and advertisers would have demanded that the character be treated like a pariah on the show. We're already beyond anything fictional TV could allow.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

"Reality is stranger than what TV advertisers can imagine" is a lot less interesting than "reality is stranger than fiction"