{"id":2072749,"date":"2023-10-19T08:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-only-republicans-fought-democrats-as-much-as-they-did-their-own-voters\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T08:24:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:24:06","slug":"if-only-republicans-fought-democrats-as-much-as-they-did-their-own-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-only-republicans-fought-democrats-as-much-as-they-did-their-own-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans should fight Democrats as fiercely as they do their own voters."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fif-only-republicans-fought-democrats-as-much-as-they-did-their-own-voters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2072749&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The House of \u200cRepresentatives\u2019 \u200battempt to elect a new speaker hit another roadblock on Wednesday when\u200c 22 Republicans voted \u200cagainst the front-runner, Rep. Jim Jordan, \u200bR-Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s vote was the\u2062 second time that enough Republicans defected\u200d to undermine \u200cJordan&#8217;s bid\u200d for speakership. \u2064On \u200dTuesday, \u200c20\u200b GOP members, \u2063including\u2064 Reps.\u200b Ken \u200dBuck of Colorado, Don Bacon of\u2062 Nebraska,\u2063 and Jen Kiggans \u2064of Virginia, voted for other candidates. These members, along with many others, also voted against Jordan in Wednesday\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Daily Caller, Jordan needs at least 217 votes to become\u2063 speaker, while Democrats are supporting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n      <span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>BREAKING: Jim Jordan lost 22 votes on the\u2064 second ballot for Speaker:<\/p>\n<p>1. BACON \u2014\u2064 McCarthy<br \/>2. BUCHANAN \u200c\u2014 Donalds<br \/>3. BUCK \u2014\u200c Emmer<br \/>4. \u2063CHAVEZ-DEREMER \u2064\u2014 McCarthy<br \/>5. \u200bD\u2019ESPOSITO \u2014 Zeldin<br \/>6. DIAZ-BALART \u2014 Scalise<br \/>7. ELLZEY \u2014 Garcia<br \/>8.\u200d FERGUSON \u2014 Scalise<br \/>9. GARBARINO \u2014 Zeldin<br \/>10. GIMENEZ\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          \u2014 Greg Price \u200d(@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1714689524188549212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2023<\/a>\n        <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>      <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While the position of speaker is still up\u2063 for grabs, some moderate Republicans are reportedly considering collaborating\u200d with Democrats to pass \u2064a resolution that expands the \u2062powers of the interim speaker. This effort,\u200c led by Rep. Dave \u2062Joyce, R-Ohio,\u2062 has gained support \u200cfrom other establishment \u200cRepublicans, such as Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida and Rep. \u2062Nick LaLota of New York.<\/p>\n<p>Gimenez\u2063 and LaLota \u2062are among \u200bthe nearly \u2062two dozen Republicans\u200c who voted against Jordan&#8217;s bid for speakership.<\/p>\n<h2>Republicans \u200dReject Their\u2064 Base<\/h2>\n<p>Although not without \u200cflaws, Jordan as House speaker would be\u200c a \u2062significant improvement for GOP voters. He not only has\u200d a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-are-the-most-important-races-to-watch-in-2022\/\" title=\"These Are The Most Important Races To Watch In 2022\">conservative voting record<\/a> than former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., but he is also one of the founding\u2064 members of the House Freedom Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>So why have a few Republicans decided to sabotage Jordan&#8217;s bid for speakership,\u2064 despite strong support \u2062from conservative voters? While \u2064anonymous conspiracy theories may dominate the media&#8217;s coverage, the\u2064 real\u2063 answer is\u200b likely much simpler: Many of these Republicans\u2063 despise their own voters.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t just take my word for \u200bit. Bacon admitted \u2063as much when he complained to\u200c reporters earlier this week about the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-only-republicans-fought-democrats-as-much-as-they-did-their-own-voters\/\" title=\"Republicans should fight Democrats as fiercely as they do their own voters.\">pressure \u2062campaign \u2062back \u200dhome<\/a>&#8221; to support Jordan as speaker. The Nebraska congressman went on to say that \u200dhe opposed Jordan&#8217;s initial bid to \u2063become speaker in\u2062 order to retaliate against the few House Republicans \u200bwho ousted McCarthy and prevented Scalise\u200b from assuming \u2064the role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t have a process\u2064 where I play by the rules and\u2064 some\u2063 people can&#8217;t \u2014 and they get\u200d what they wanted, and\u200d now\u200b I&#8217;m supposed to play by the rules,&#8221; \u200dBacon \u200bwhined.<\/p>\n<p>So, to summarize:\u2063 A\u200d grown\u2064 man\u200b serving in the U.S. Congress is\u200c actively defying the will of his voters just \u200bto spite \u200csome of his colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2063petty \u200band\u2062 pathetic as Bacon&#8217;s \u200bactions are, he is merely a symptom of the larger problem that has plagued the GOP establishment for years. These\u200c Republicans \u200cmake\u2062 grand \u200bpromises on the campaign trail to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-endorses-rep-pfluger-for-reelection-in-texas\/\" title=\"President Trump endorses Rep. Pfluger for reelection in Texas\">defend conservative values<\/a> and &#8220;drain \u200cthe swamp,&#8221; only to abandon those promises once they arrive in\u200b Washington.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s\u200b not that\u200b they forget\u200d what they promised. It&#8217;s that \u2064they never intended\u200c to fight for their voters in the first place. Whether it&#8217;s on religious freedom,\u200c illegal immigration, or \u2063federal\u2063 spending, conservatives can always count on the Republican establishment to betray them.<\/p>\n<p>If\u2062 Republicans like Bacon spent as\u200b much time fighting Democrats\u2062 as\u2063 they do stabbing \u200dtheir own voters in the back, the battle for America&#8217;s soul would resemble a fight between two\u2064 rivals rather than the one-sided beatdown that Democrats deliver on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood\u200c is a staff writer for\u2063 The Federalist\u200b and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He \u2062previously served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-sailors-indicted-for-sending-sensitive-u-s-military-data-to-chinese-government\/\" title=\"Navy sailors charged for sharing 'sensitive' US military info with China.\">state\u200d content writer<\/a> for Convention of States Action and \u2062his \u2063work\u200b has been featured in numerous\u200c outlets, \u2062including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How can Republican voters hold their elected representatives accountable and demand transparency and loyalty \u200bfrom them<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In recent news, the House of Representatives&#8217; \u2063attempt to \u200belect a new speaker \u200chas faced\u2064 yet another obstacle. On Wednesday, 22 Republicans\u200b voted against the \u2063front-runner, Rep. Jim Jordan, a \u2062Republican from \u2063Ohio. This marks the second\u200d time\u200d that enough Republicans have\u2063 defected to undermine Jordan&#8217;s\u2062 bid for speakership. <\/p>\n<p>In \u200bTuesday&#8217;s \u2062vote,\u2063 20 \u200dGOP members, including Reps. Ken Buck of Colorado, Don Bacon of Nebraska, and Jen Kiggans of Virginia, voted for other candidates. These members,\u2063 along with\u200c many others, also voted against Jordan\u2063 in Wednesday&#8217;s vote. Jordan requires at least 217 votes \u200dto become \u200dthe speaker, while Democrats are supporting House Minority\u2062 Leader\u200b Hakeem Jeffries, according to The Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Jordan lost 22 \u2062votes on the second ballot for Speaker, as stated in \u2062a tweet by Greg Price. The tweet \u200clisted the \u2063names of the\u2062 Republicans\u2063 who did \u2062not vote for Jordan. Despite this setback, the position of \u200cspeaker is \u200dstill up\u2063 for grabs, and some moderate Republicans are reportedly\u2063 considering \u200bcollaborating\u2063 with Democrats to pass a resolution \u200cthat \u2063expands the powers of the interim speaker.<\/p>\n<p>This effort, led \u200cby Rep. Dave Joyce, a Republican from Ohio, has gained support from other\u200b establishment Republicans, such\u2064 as Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida and\u2064 Rep. Nick LaLota of New York. It is worth noting that Gimenez and LaLota are among the nearly two dozen \u200cRepublicans who voted against Jordan&#8217;s bid for speakership.<\/p>\n<p>While Jordan may have his flaws, his potential role as House speaker would be a significant improvement for \u200bGOP voters. \u200dHe not only has a more conservative voting record than\u2063 former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Majority Leader\u200b Steve Scalise, but he is also one of the founding members of the\u200c House Freedom Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>So why have a few Republicans decided to sabotage Jordan&#8217;s bid for \u2064speakership, despite strong support \u200dfrom conservative voters? While anonymous \u200bconspiracy\u2064 theories may dominate the media&#8217;s coverage, \u200bthe real answer is likely much simpler: \u2063many of these Republicans \u2063despise \u2063their own voters.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a mere speculation, as there have been instances \u200bwhere Republican politicians have openly expressed their disdain \u200dfor their own\u200b base. This disconnect between GOP \u2062politicians and \u200btheir constituents \u2063raises questions about the true intentions and motivations of these politicians.<\/p>\n<p>It is vital for Republican voters to \u200bhold \u2064their elected representatives accountable and\u2062 demand transparency and loyalty from their chosen \u2062officials. The\u2063 GOP cannot afford to alienate its base if it wishes to remain a strong and principled party.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the House of Representatives&#8217; attempts to \u2062elect \u2062a new speaker have faced \u2063another setback with Republicans voting\u200c against\u200d the front-runner, Jim Jordan. While the position\u2064 remains up for grabs, some moderate Republicans are considering collaborating \u2062with Democrats to expand the powers of the interim speaker. It is important for GOP voters to question the actions of their elected representatives and ensure that their voices are heard and \u200crespected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives&#8217; attempt to choose a new speaker faced another deadlock as 22 Republicans opposed Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the leading candidate. This is the second time Republicans have defected, hindering Jordan&#8217;s bid for speakership. On Tuesday, 20 GOP members, including Reps. 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