Alabama’s six Republican representatives initially voted to keep McCarthy on as speaker.
U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl, R-Mobile, meets with members of the Mobile County GOP ahead of providing a congressional update on Monday, July 11, 2022, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Mobile, Ala. .Alabama Rep. Jerry Carl, AL-1, said Sunday that he supports Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid for Speaker of the House.
Carl said he voted for Jordan in the conference, “and I will be supporting him this week when the vote comes to the House Floor. We’ve got to unite behind a conservative Speaker who can unite us and move this country forward.”
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