House Republicans are taking nearly three weeks to elect the next speaker of the House, but the 'essence of Congress is 'the math,'' which requires having a clear strategy.
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but in their effort to elect a House speaker, Republicans have taken a more tortured route. Compared to a straight line, Republicans will follow the path of the 'truncated icosidodecahedron rhombus,' a monstrous, convex, polygonous shape. At least the truncated icosidodecahedron rhombus is an actual thing.
Naturally, the vote never came. The House adjourned early Thursday evening without voting, but, true to form, a new plan emerged. The House would meet at 10 a.m. Friday with a third vote for speaker beginning around 11 a.m. Holy trapezoid. 'Additional votes are expected throughout the weekend,' tweeted Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, a Jordan ally, at 7:23 p.m. Thursday. But there was a problem with the idea of weekend votes for speaker.
Our plan this weekend is to get a speaker elected,' said Jordan at 8:11 a.m. During his remarks, Jordan spoke of how the Wright Brothers built a plane in 1903 that was 'barely' airborne. 'Flew like 100 feet. Got a few feet off the ground,' said Jordan. He then added that Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a jet in 1947. 'In 44 years, we go from two guys flying 100 feet to another American breaking the sound barrier in a jet,' said Jordan.
Jordan has never pressured anybody,' said Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Penn., minimized security concerns. 'All of us in Congress receive death threats. I don’t know if that’s a news flash for anybody here,' said Perry. 'It’s nothing new to a member of Congress. We all know it. That is another red herring.' Never mind that former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., nearly died during a 2011 shooting that also injured future Rep. Ron Barber, D-Ariz.
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