Morning Joe looked at insurrectionist Gym Jordan's race for House speaker. A vote is expected today at noon.
"Republican Congressman Jim Jordan is trying to rally support ahead of a planned vote today on the House floor for speaker of the House, set to take place at noon Eastern. Republican sources tell NBC News the Ohio lawmaker is within five to ten Republican votes of securing the 217 needed to win the speakership," Mika Brzezinski said.
"Axios reports at least four House Republicans who Jordan spoke with say they believe he'll allow a floor vote on linking Ukraine funding with Israel funding if he wins the gavel. But a spokesperson for Jordan tells Axios he did not make any specific promises."
(So this is just a cover story for members who know how despicable Jordan is.)
"What is fascinating about this, Willie, is he was there on January 6th calling Donald Trump. He was there in the middle of all of this. There's that famous moment where Liz Cheney is trying to leave the chamber as the mob is coming. As the mob is trying to kill them. Jim Jordan tries to help her, and she says to Jim Jordan, "Get away from you, you f-ing did this." She said that in real time," Joe Scarborough said.
Willie Geist pointed out Jordan's active role in the Jan. 6th insurrection.
"He texted on January 5th, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, offering a plan, a way that Mike Pence could, you know, hold up the results and not certify Joe Biden. He voted along with a bunch of other Republicans to decertify the results in a couple states. The list goes on and on and on. Now, here we are, a guy who is helping to lead the idea that Joe Biden should be impeached, with this inquiry perhaps of things he did somehow being equal to what the former president did. That's where we are."
"Congressional reporter for The Hill, Mychael Schnell. Is this going to happen today? Will Jordan be the speaker of the House?"
"Right now, Willie, the answer to the question is a coin toss. Jim Jordan picked up momentum in his bid for the speakership yesterday. He flipped four key holdouts and a number of lawmakers through their endorsement behind him, but he is not out of the woods yet. Exiting a GOP conference meeting last night, a handful of Republicans by my count, at least six, plan to vote against Jim Jordan on the floor today. They will not give Jim Jordan their support when the vote happens at noon.
And, she said, it becomes a math problem for Jim Jordan, because he needs 217 votes to clinch the gavel. She predicted a "photo finish." Oh, sure.
Look, when you have alleged journalist Sean Hannity calling the members and bullying them to vote for the insurrectionist, they know Hannity is a surrogate for the Orange Cheeto. They will try to look principled, but there's no question that there will be enough votes to put Gym Jordan in the speaker's chair.
God help us.
