Cami Mondeaux is a congressional reporter. She started with the Washington Examiner as a copy editor, later joining the breaking news team and eventually settling on the Congress beat. A Utah native, Cami graduated from Westminster College in Salt Lake City in 2021 and covered state government as a breaking news reporter for KSL News Radio.
With the House Republican Conference voting to remove Rep. Jim Jordan as its speaker nominee, the floodgates have opened as members start to make calls and announce they are running for speaker of the House.
One source close to Trumpworld said that “Trumpworld will unleash hell on if he runs; he is anti-Trump, and Trump orbit will not let him hold the speaker gavel.” Hern has spent a lot of time talking to members over the last two weeks to sell them on his record as he previously eyed a bid for majority leader in the case Scalise was elected speaker. Scalise later dropped out of the race, announcing he would remain the majority leader.Rep. Mike Johnson has also begun making calls to members as he considers a speakership bid, according to his spokeswoman Corinne Day.
“If we are going to be the majority, we need to act like the majority, and that means we have to do the right things the right way,” Scott said in a statement. “I supported and voted for Rep. Jim Jordan to be the Speaker of the House. Now that he has withdrawn I am running again to be the Speaker of the House.”Rep. Byron Donalds , a prominent member of the House Freedom Caucus and Florida delegation, is also floating a run for speaker.
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