Today, we're going to talk about the prospect of a Hakim Jeffrey's speakership in the

Republican House, and I interview former Obama spokesman and host of Potsayf America and

Potsayf the world, Tommy Vittor, about the situation unfolding in Israel and Gaza, how

this happened in what's supposed to be the most secure country in the world, and his

response to Republicans exploiting this tragedy for their own personal gain.

I'm Brian Tadok Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie.

So I want to talk about the prospect of a Hakim Jeffrey's speakership with a Republican

House majority.

So first, here's the situation in the House.

We are another week down, and another week without a Republican speaker.

So this past week, the race was between Steve Scalice and Jim Jordan, where Scalice had

the support of 113 Republicans, and Jim Jordan had the support of 99 Republicans, and so

of course, when Scalice recognized that he didn't have a majority, he dropped out.

And recognizing that Jim Jordan only had a minority of votes, but his focus solely on consolidating

power for himself, he opted to stay in the race.

And just as a quick aside, I think that singular moment is a pretty accurate microcosm for

the far right flank of the GOP, because here's Jim Jordan with nowhere close to the majority

of support.

And yet he sees that as a mandate to just rule over everyone, to preside over everyone,

like the entire Republican Party personified in one single person.

And yet it makes sense.

NBC's CEO, Kepur tweeted, one House Republican aide tells me he's confident Jim Jordan

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