Democrats are standing firm in their refusal to bail out the House Republican majority as it struggles to elect a new speaker 10 days after after booting Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

They’re also dialing up the rhetoric against the GOP’s new nominee for speaker, prominent Donald Trump ally Jim Jordan of Ohio, blasting him as an insurrectionist, election denier and extremist.

“House Republicans have selected as their nominee to be the speaker of the people’s House the chairman of the chaos caucus, a defender in a dangerous way of dysfunction, and an extremist extraordinaire,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Friday on the steps of the Capitol, flanked by dozen of Democratic lawmakers. “His focus has been on peddling lies and conspiracy theories and driving division amongst the American people.”

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    Instead of “trashing Gym Jordan as an ‘insurrectionist’” it should read “reminding them that Gym Jordan is an insurrectionist”.

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      No, “trash” is used appropriately.

      trash (v): to subject to criticism or invective especially : to disparage strongly

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        Yes but in the political landscape it implies the usual hyperbole and rhetoric. That he is an insurrectionist is a simple fact and should be treated as such.

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          It doesn’t imply anything but strong criticism.

          If anything, you are the one inferring rhetoric and hyperbole simply because the criticism comes from politicians.

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            In sports, ‘trash talk’ is saying mostly untrue negative things about the other team as part of pumping up your team. Maybe it has different connotations for people who don’t interact with sports culture, but for me it strongly implies rhetoric and hyperbole.