A friend who, because of his job, can't say these things, just made an excellent point to me about the extreme, toxic radicalism of the House Republicans. He said: 1/5

It's literally impossible to do an, 'If the situation were reversed,' about the House speakership election because Democrats don't nominate, much less elect, people as far to the left as Jim Jordan is to the right. 2/5

The leftmost Democrats in the House want a $25 minimum wage, bodily autonomy, equal pay for equal work, voting rights, a climate plan, and fully funded public schools. 3/5

There are no deniers. There are no conspiracy theorists. There are no violence supporters. There are no anti-Americans. There are no kooks, no nut jobs, no wackos. 4/5

There can be no, 'Can you imagine how the GOP would react if the Democrats nominated XYZ for Speaker?' currently in the House who could possibly come anywhere close to Jordan's level of irresponsible, dangerous extremism. 5/5