Representative Jim Jordan, the combative co-founder of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus and a close ally of twice-impeached, multiply indicted former "president" Donald Trump, lost his first bid to be elected speaker on Tuesday by 17 votes, prolonging a two-week fight that has paralyzed Congress and shone a spotlight on deep Republican divisions. Apparently, after spending years to get chaos agents into Congress to combat the Democrats, Republicans are finding it difficult to control them because, well, because they're chaos agents.  

Congress will try again to elect a Speaker, possibly even today. Apparently, the plan is to keep voting and re-voting until the holdouts tire of the process and eventually capitulate to herd mentality and join the majority.

If elected Speaker of the House, second in the line of succession to the President, do you believe that Jordan wouldn't hinder prosecutors and law-enforcement agencies investigating the many indictments against Trump, when it's been suggested that he himself might be a co-conspirator?  

If elected Speaker of the House, second in the line of succession, do you think he would certify the results of any Presidential election that wasn't won by Donald Trump, when he has already strenuously denied the results of the 2020 election and tried to have the Electoral College votes rejected?

I have a modest proposal to offer the Republicans - nominate Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the House. It know it sounds crazy, but hear me out:

1. With your support, he’ll get elected Speaker and end this whole embarrassing debacle.


2. You’ll still have the majority, so he won’t be able to pass any legislation if you’re worried about him enacting some sort of radical socialist agenda.


3. You can blame everything on him for the next two years and you won’t have to take any responsibility for anything.


4. It may sound like all this will end in some sort of paralyzing stalemate, but you were never interested in governing anyway. Isn’t paralysis your long-term goal?

Think about it. It’s just crazy enough to work!