Republican Dummies

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I drew a cartoon last week on Jim Gym Jordan vying to become Speaker of the House. By the time the cartoon ran on GoComics (two days later), he was out of the running. One of the MAGA types who like to comment there mocked me for the cartoon being outdated…and now Jordan is the nominee for the speakership. You know, it’s not my fault the Republicans in the House are one great big clusterfuck.

I’m not worried about this cartoon being outdated by tomorrow because the Republicans will not have figured out how to legislate or manage the House anytime soon, whether Jordan is their Speaker or not. Actually, it’ll be a major regression and step backward for the House if Jordan becomes Speaker because that guy can’t legislate and hasn’t a clue on how to be an effective congressman.

House Republicans could make a nutless monkey their Speaker and it would be better than Jim Gym Jordan. They could nominate one of the turds that one of the white nationalists dropped in the hallways of the Capitol on January 6, 2020, during the Trump coup attempt, and it would be a more effective Speaker than Jim Gym Jordan.

I had a pretty easy Friday with this. I started the cartoon a few days before then decided to hold it for CNN. I knew there was a chance they wouldn’t use it but I thought it would be better for them than my clients with my syndicate, but what do you know, they took it. They took it early too which meant I could go out and play Friday night. What was I going to do with a Friday night off?

I thought about going downtown to see some friends I hadn’t seen in a long time. I thought about going down the street to my neighborhood bar and seeing other friends there. I even considered busting out my Taylor and playing at a Friday open mic which would have been the first time I’ve played out in about a decade or so. So, I ordered some sushi, fell asleep, and didn’t do any of those things.

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