Conservative Groups Rally Behind Potential Jim Jordan Speaker Bid

[brooklynite]

Source: Roll Call

House Freedom Caucus founder Jim Jordan may not be ready to announce a bid to be the next speaker, but several grass-roots conservative groups have begun campaigning on his behalf.

The Ohio Republican has said he would consider running for speaker when there’s a race. Speaker Paul D. Ryan is planning to serve through the remainder of his term and then retire. And a Republican speaker’s race won’t happen if the party doesn’t hold on to their House majority in the midterms.

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FreedomWorks is just one of several conservative organizations mobilizing their network of grass-roots supporters to both push Jordan to run for speaker and urge his colleagues to vote for him. The group describes itself as “6 million Americans who are passionate about promoting free markets and individual liberty.”

Other conservative groups backing Jordan include Tea Party Patriots, the Senate Conservatives Fund, ForAmerica, Gun Owners of America and the American Family Association.

Read more: http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/conservative-groups-rally-behind-jim-jordan-speaker

[CincyDem]

1. great - competing insanity. Hard to say who's nuttier...him or Trump. n/t

[hlthe2b]

2. any chance he won't be reelected in November?

[awesomerwb1]

3. "Conservative"?

Those idiots are far right wing nutters.

[atreides1]

4. Those groups aren't looking for a speaker

Those groups are looking for a "Chancellor"....

[winstars]

5. Will he finally put a fucking jacket and tie on??? And not be SUCH AN ASSHOLE!!! What a dick.

[TranssexualKaren]

6. How do you make frog soup?

Turn up the heat little by little until the frog boils to death...

Boehner was horrible, Ryan is Horrible times 2, Jordan is the worst of all. They are slowly preparing us for fascism.

[DFW]

7. My old friend Richard Viguerie is backing Jordan

That is the strongest indication one could want that the guy is a radical, right-wing neo-fascist, and a danger if he gets anywhere near the speaker's gavel.

[Jose Garcia]

8. It's funny that they assume that the next Speaker will be a Republican

[Hortensis]

9. False labeling. Entire Repub cacus is "conservative,"

the only question is just how hard core each is. There is a real argument that dark-money donors have killed conservatism as a governing philosophy because that's true.

But it's beyond even their ability to kill conservatism as a governing personality type, all they can do is choose for conservatives willing to sell their votes to stay in office as their most basic requirement. Conservative extremists can bring great, passionate energy to government, but also be problematic as they have a tendency to believe their favorite lies and slip the leash, making plain old corrupt self interest most reliable.