Congressman Jim Jordan is qualified to be the next Speaker of the House. He has a strong level of support in the Republican caucus. But he needs nearly the entire caucus to become Speaker and unfortunately there are those within the party who still dream of the UniParty Swamp’s puppet, Kevin McCarthy, returning to the position.
And they all hate Congressman Matt Gaetz.
Among those opposed to Jordan for the sake of spiting Gaetz is Congressman John Rutherford from Florida. Here he is expressing why he won’t vote for Jordan:
Rep. John Rutherford (R- FL) said he still supported Rep. McCarthy (R-CA) for the speakership, saying he had 96% of the conference's support: "I'm a no on allowing Matt Gaetz and the other seven to win by putting their individual in as speaker." pic.twitter.com/lDySGPzvoZ
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 13, 2023
But Rutherford isn’t just going against Gaetz and Jordan. He’s opposed to President Donald Trump, who has endorsed Jordan. He’s also opposed to Republican voters who have overwhelmingly approved of Jordan as Speaker of the House.
Any GOP member of Congress who is against Jim Jordan, Donald Trump, and the American people must be censured by their district’s party and primaried next year. Their allegiance is to McCarthy and the Swamp, not America.
Rutherford does not appear to me that he is a Cracker. It’s long past time for the transplants, no matter how long they have been in Florida, to go back to where they came from.
I get IT now:
RE PUB LA PUSSIES…worthless as ever-even more than when TRUMP was under fire by THEM for his entire TERM.
Another HALF DEAD WHITE DUDE believing he has what it takes AND I HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THIS new hinderer? RE PUB LA SCREW UPS?
I was registered once as an (R). NO MORE. Too many turned into RINOs. And they have not ceased yet-I give you
John Rutherford-a RINO in hiding.