Rep. Jim Jordan was failing again Friday on a third ballot for the House speaker's gavel, rejected by a steady roll call.
The House returns for a third round of balloting for a new speaker as Rep. Jordan fights to win seat.Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Judiciary chairman and staunch ally of Donald Trump, meets with reporters about his struggle to become speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. , rejected by a steady roll call of more mainstream Republicans who warned the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump that no threats or promises could win their support.
At every step of the way Republicans have rejected bipartisanship and embraced extremism," Jeffries said before the vote. "Jim Jordan is a clear and present danger to our democracy. He wants to end social security as we know it. He wants to end Medicare as we know. It doesn't believe that President Biden was elected in 2020. That's disrespectful to the American people. Jim Jordan wants to impose a nationwide abortion ban and he is the poster child for mega extremism.
The holdouts want “nothing” from Jordan, Gimenez said, adding that some of the lawmakers in the meeting simply called on Jordan to drop out of the race. “Who normalized Jim Jordan?” asked Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, reiterating that his party was “ready, willing and able” to partner with more traditional Republicans on a path to re-open the House.
A closed-door meeting Thursday to regroup grew heated at times with Republican factions blaming one another for sending their majority into chaos, lawmakers said.
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