Two days after he lost a leadership election, Jim Jordan forced another one on Capitol Hill. This time, he narrowly won but still set up chaos ahead.
Rep. Jim Jordan won the vote among House Republicans to be the speaker nominee, but some expect chaotic scenes to force members to vote for him on the floor. In this fantasy land, five can be as powerful as 217; eight as big as 433; and, in a new twist this past week, 99 out of 223 can somehow be turned into a strong majority.claimed the nomination for— about 44 percent of the 223 ballots cast. He offered a tepid endorsement, at best, to the winner, Rep.
Jordan received only 124 votes, claiming about 10 of the protest votes from Wednesday that went to write-in candidates or simply stated “present.” He flipped only about 15 of Scalise’s initial supporters. In a second secret ballot that asked Republicans how “I think there’s a clear path to get him to 217. But as long as you’re doing secret ballots, it’s a lot harder to get 217. We’ve got to break cover,” Rep. Dusty Johnson , a leader of a mainstream conservative caucus, told reporters Friday.
That high-risk scenario has some Jordan supporters urging restraint, including Rep. Byron Donalds , who has previously called for no floor vote until the outcome is certain. Scalise then won the actual vote, 113-99, but rather than accepting the humiliating defeat, Roy declared he would vote only for Jordan.
“There’s two alternatives: Either you lied, or you couldn’t deliver,” Diaz-Balart said. “I’ve never been lied to, I’ve never been lied to by him. So therefore, to me, it’s got to be the other alternative, which is he has not been able to deliver on a relatively simple thing.”swallow some of the same medicine he has delivered throughout the years.
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