Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday morning, former GOP comms director Tara Setmayer rained hell on the Republican Party for desperately hoping Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) can pull the chaotic House GOP caucus together as the new speaker.
Taking a break from reporting on the Israel-Hamas war, MSNBC host Katie Phang asked Setmayer, now a senior adviser to the anti-Donald Trump Lincoln Project, what she thought about the combative Jordan as a speaker nominee.
"This is an example of the absolute desperation of the Republican caucus. Jim Jordan has been nominated for speaker?" she scoffed. "It tells you everything that you need to know about the degeneration of the House GOP and the party as a whole."
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"Do I think he has a chance of winning over the entire conference? Unlikely," she continued before elaborating, "I think it is unlikely, given Jim Jordan's history. The Republicans have now nominated a quote, 'legislative terrorist,' according to former Speaker John Boehner."
"This guy's reputation in Congress is awful," she continued. "His hometown paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, calls him the second-most contemptible person in government in 2019. Jim Jordan has been a bomb-thrower for years -- that is his entire brand. He does nothing but stir the pot, he goes after conspiracy theories. Oh, by the way, he was also heavily involved in the attempt to overturn our government in a violent coup plot alongside [Donald] Trump and the rest of his lackeys. He also defied a congressional subpoena."
" So this guy is supposed to be the one who is now going to bring the House of Representatives together and hold the speaker's gavel?" she continued. "You do not negotiate with terrorists. If he has a reputation of being a legislative terrorist, what makes anyone think he is all of the sudden had a born-again experience and is going to become a decent human being and an adult legislator who is going to run the House of Representatives which requires playing ball with both sides?"
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"You have to be able to work with Democrats, you think that is Jim Jordan? I don't think so!" she concluded.
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