I have offered up my assessment of the two presumptive leaders of the Dems in the next Congress now it is time to meet what the MAGA-ites are putting forward as leadership.
The GOP Senators have chosen a figure that has always shown his true colors and now he pretends he wants to work with the other side….
Senate Republicans opted for continuity on Tuesday, keeping John Thune in charge as their conference heads into the minority next year. The South Dakota senator was reelected by acclamation in a closed-door meeting after conservatives failed in a push to delay the leadership vote in the hopes another candidate would emerge, Politico reports. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said he wanted to know the plan for the months ahead, reports the Hill. “We have 55 days until the Democrats take over,” he said, “so I want to know what we’re going to do between now and then to get stuff done.”
The Senate majority leader, who was running unopposed, was widely expected to prevail in the secret ballot, but senators including Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia expressed misgivings during meetings Tuesday, noting that the party lost at least seven seats in the midterms, the AP reports. There is a “legitimate argument that, good gracious, if we lost as badly as we lost, why would we continue on with the same leadership?” he said, though he added that GOP leadership “didn’t cause this problem to happen.”
Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who had backed the delay, said Thune delivered a “heartfelt” address and argued he had been unfairly targeted by some in the party’s base. Before the vote, he noted there was nobody else on the ballot and said, “that’s part of our problem, who would want the job?” In a statement, Thune said he “appreciated the opportunity to have an open, honest, and transparent conversation with my colleagues” and he is “honored to have their continued trust and support to lead the Senate Republican Conference in the 120th Congress.”
This is the leader that rubber stamped Donny’s policies like they were gospel….he is not a leader I would have chosen…..but then there are not many in the GOP I would have chosen.
Now on to the House minority leadership….and this shows that the moral standards are pretty low for the GOP….
Jim Jordan finally landed the leadership post he’s chased for years. House Republicans on Tuesday picked the Ohio congressman to head their shrunken conference in the next Congress, choosing him over Majority Leader Steve Scalise in a 106-73 secret ballot, Politico reports. A founder of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus and a key ally of President Trump, Jordan framed himself as the party’s chief brawler against an incoming Democratic majority, pointing to his record atop the Judiciary and Oversight committees.
“I am battle-tested on the oversight front and I know the Democrats’ playbook,” he reportedly wrote to his colleagues. His win follows steep GOP losses that prompted Speaker Mike Johnson to step aside from leadership. The AP notes Jordan will inherit a historically small House Republican conference; the Democrats’ roughly 260 seats give them the largest majority they have had in 35 years, reports NBC News.
I am sure anybody watching politics will remember that he was involved in the sex scandal at Penn State….plus he was a Tea Party favorite that did little but bitch and moan his whole time in Congress…..he is not a fighter….he is a theatrical nightmare for the House procedures.
Of the two new leaders Thune may be the closest to a rational person in charge…..but in the House they have elected a person that will be disruptive and powerless.
My thoughts….add anything you may think of to help the understanding.
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