Julia Johnson is a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner, where she also worked as a trending news editor. She was born and raised in New Jersey before earning her bachelor's in political science in 2021 from the University of South Carolina, with a minor in mass communications.
An ally of Rep. Jim Jordan said on Thursday that opposition to his election as speaker is due to fear of rewarding Rep. Matt Gaetz , who is largely credited with the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy earlier this month.
HOUSE SPEAKER VOTE TODAY LIVE: JORDAN DEFECTOR SAYS NOMINEE 'HEADED FOR DEFEAT' AS TACTICS 'ANGERED' PARTY "Some wounds take more time to heal. Let's make sure we do the work to heal. … Nevertheless, we cannot get back on offense without a Republican Speaker," Davidson wrote.In Jordan's first vote for speaker on the House floor on Tuesday, 20 Republicans defected, more than his team had predicted. In a second vote on Wednesday, 22 Republicans voted against him, a sign that progress wasn't being made.
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