Jim Jordan fails again to win speaker gavel in second vote, getting less support than first try

18-24-61-B-17-17-4@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world – 849 points – House speaker vote live updates: Jim Jordan falls short of reaching majority a second time
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Important points:

  • Yesterday, Jordan received 200 of the necessary 217 votes.
  • Today, Jordan received 199 of the necessary 217 votes.
  • Some of the people who didn't vote for Jordan yesterday voted for him today; some of the people who voted for Jordan yesterday didn't vote for him today.
  • Ha ha

Some of the people who didn't vote for Jordan yesterday voted for him today; some of the people who voted for Jordan yesterday didn't vote for him today.

That's amazing.