Rep. Tom Cole praised former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson while talking about the border crisis during his nomination of Jordan for House speaker.
Representative Tom Cole, an Ohio Republican, praised former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, a Democrat, while nominating Representative Jim Jordan for House speaker on Wednesday.'I don't know anybody that's done more to highlight and talk about the border disaster that is underway right now as we speak,' Cole said in reference to Jordan's initiatives in the House while nominating him before the second round of voting for the speaker.
'Jordan, also of Ohio, was named the Republican nominee for speaker during a conference vote on Friday but failed to garner the necessary votes needed on the House floor on Tuesday, when all 212 Democrats and 20 GOP members voted against him.House Republicans have struggled to find a speaker that everyone supports after Representative Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, was voted out of the role on October 3.
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