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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Jordan's loss is also a historic first

Jordan’s 199 votes mark the first time since 1923 that the majority nominee got less than 200 votes.

  • Ha ha

Exactly 100 years, impressive

Why stop at breaking that record? Let's keep going.

Another fun record, tallying up all the votes he’s received during McCarthy‘s 15 rounds and the most recent votes, Hakeem Jeffries now has accumulated the most lifetime votes for speaker in history.