WASHINGTON — After it became clear that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was never going to get the votes to be Speaker of the House, some Republican members resigned themselves to the idea of Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) presiding over the votes for funding bills.
The far right isn't happy about it. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is 100 percent against it, saying that the GOP is broken.
Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) told reporters that the idea was a big "FU" to Republican voters.
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"I don't think there's anything I've ever wanted more in this Congress than Jim Jordan for Speaker," Banks said on Capitol Hill Thursday. "We don't deserve the majority if we go along with a plan of Democrats' control over the Republican majority of the House of Representatives. It's the worst thing to fight back against the Democrat agenda."
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) told Raw Story it made him think of his wife saying, "What the F have you done now?"
"I just finished chairing part of a Ways and Means Committee — and what was neat about this hearing was Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and I built the agenda together. But it was about fraud, so. But it turns out Republicans and Democrats can do fraud together. I mean, not do fraud but stop it! Let me rephrase it."
He went on to point out 17 or 18 days have passed and they haven't accomplished anything. "We are actually worse off today than when we had Speaker McCarthy, all because of these eight members," he said.
"Maybe the perversity of this is starting to sink in," Schweikert continued. "We are idiots."
Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) is similarly furious, but said he's on board with anything that will move Congress forward. He also confessed he doesn't feel bad about crushing Jordan's political dreams.
"Hey man, this is serious stuff," he told Raw Story, going on to call it "unfortunate" that Republican officials were getting death threats and admitting it's "a new low. I take this with the seriousness with which it needs to be taken. This is a very serious position and a very serious decision and I'm being transparent about why."
"Whatever word" they want to use, Díaz-Balart said that Republicans are going to be forced to find a normal speaker.
"I think we have to tone down the passions," he continued.
