It looks like Gym Jordan might actually be able to win the Speaker's gavel, at least temporarily. All Speakerships are temporary at this point.
Jordan is a full-on Trumpist nutcase with a sizable scandal in his past. As Josh Marshall notes, the facts really aren't in doubt that the abuse of wrestlers at OSU took place. Jordan denies knowing about it, but there are a host of wrestlers who say they told him and he did nothing. So, you have Jordan as both an enabler or apologist for sexual abuse. You also have him repeatedly (allegedly) lying about it.
I have no doubt that Jordan will be a terrible, toxic figure as Speaker. He will proceed to impeach Biden for bullshit reasons, he will shutdown the government, he might try to accelerate defaulting on the debt. He will be second in line to the fucking presidency.
However, it's pretty clear at this point that being involved in obvious lying and being at best complicit in sexual abuse is not a deal breaker for the GOP. Trump was effectively found guilty of sexual assaulting E. Jean Carroll, plus the Access Hollywood tape...I mean.
There have been a number of takes recently by analysts of just how bad Biden's polling is. Some of that is his age. Some of that is the trickiness of polling in general, but especially this far out from the election. However, it is pretty clear that Donald Trump still enjoys a floor of 40% approval despite being among the worst Americans ever to draw breath.
Jim Jordan is Mother Teresa next to that fucker, so - yeah - looks like he'll be the next Speaker.
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