As the U.S. House continues to devolve into discord over which representative will become the new House Speaker, one House member is working to keep the chaos light as she reveals the day-to-day affairs within her chamber of Congress.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat representing Texas’ 30th District, is taking to her timeline on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to offer some much-needed, real-time accounts of House happenings as well as some fresh perspective.
House GOP members still can’t come to one accord on who will replace Kevin McCarthy after the House voted to vacate his seat. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was a frontrunner who received enough votes to seize the speaker nomination, but he pulled out due to concerns over his support of Donald Trump and debunked claims that the 2020 election was rigged.
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Rep. Jim Jordan still can’t rack up enough support among his fellow Republicans. Many of his moderate peers are also concerned over his hardline endorsements of Trump, but other firebrand conservatives aren’t budging on their desire to put someone in the seat who will execute their agenda.
And all the while, Ms. Crockett has been keeping it real with how she and other Congress members are faring in an entertaining fashion.
Just today, she tweeted about how the “raggedy” Republicans in the House chamber are wasting time and disclosed an apparent effort on Rep. Jordan’s end to call speaker votes all weekend.
Y’all… I’m sure someone is about to be offended but these Repubs are RAGGEDY! Gym wants to call speaker votes all weekend! Sir, the MATH AIN’T MATHING!
To add insult to injury, one of HIS SUPPORTERS, opted to go into the war zone! Yes, one rolled all the way to ISRAEL! They need to go back to the drawing board, maybe find a non election denying, non insurrectionist… I know the pickings may be slim on their side or elevate whoever can get 217 & let us Dems know when you…
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