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.
House Democrats have come out in staunch opposition to Republicans' decision to nominate Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan as their next speaker, criticizing the Ohio Republican for his voting record and accusing him of being an “extremist extraordinaire.”
The comments come just hours after Jordan emerged as the party’s nominee after a 124-81 vote on Friday in which the Ohio Republican bested Rep. Austin Scott in a closed-door election. Lawmakers are expected to reconvene as early as Monday to vote on a House speaker. “House Republicans are intent on doubling down and have chosen to nomination a vocal election denier in Jim Jordan, a man whose rhetoric and partisanship fomented the January 6th attack on this very building, on these very steps,” Aguilar, who served on the Jan. 6 Select Intelligence Committee in the last Congress, said. “Let me be clear, Jim Jordan is a threat to our democracy. He has been a consistent threat to our national security as well.
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