Conservative extremists nominate Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio On Tuesday he will preside over the council. between the second and third ballots of the amid The struggle for council leadership.
Jordan, in an attempt to show the unity of the party Nominated GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy for a second ballot. Jordan, speaking on the House floor Tuesday, said differences among Republican legislators. It “looks pale by comparison” to the differences between Republicans and Democrats.
“We had to rally around him,” Jordan said of McCarthy.
Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida nominated Jordan in the second round, receiving 19 votes. Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, who voted for McCarthy twice, nominated Jordan to be his speaker in the third round.
Jordan’s nomination by another member marked another level of leadership drama as Republicans took control of the House.
The first order of Congress’ business at the 118th Congress is to choose a new speaker. But McCarthy is being stymied by conservative extremists because the GOP holds a narrow majority. Those extremists thus had more influence at the convention and had rejected McCarthy’s required vote to keep the Hammer in the first round vote.
Important things to know about Jordan: Jordan is a high-profile conservative and a founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. serving as first chair from 2015 to 2017 and vice chair from 2017. He was an ranked member of the House Oversight Committee from 2019 to 2020. He left that position to become a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee where he was. expected to be president In the new GOP congress
Jordan is a close ally of former President Donald Trump after Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, and Trump has refused to admit while claiming election fraud. Jordan also supports lawsuits that invalidate the election results and Voted not to approve the election results of the Electoral College..
