In previous votes this week, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has fallen well short of the House majority needed to prevail in the full chamber to become speaker.
House Republicans removed Rep. Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker of the House on Friday after he failed repeatedly to earn the necessary votes to take the gavel, again delaying the House from reopening for business. Jordan and his allies spent all week trying to convince Republican colleagues that he was the right person to be named speaker, calling for the conference to “unite” around the conservative firebrand favored by the Republican base and former president Donald Trump.
But their argument was stymied by several issues, ranging from the political to the personal. Some members were put off by Jordan’s failure to quickly and vigorously condemn threats against lawmakers who had voted against him. Some thought he hadn’t done enough to show he could lead all Republicans and not just the far-right flank.
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