Even without the former president’s endorsement, more than half the GOP caucus is tainted by having supported his false election claims.
Shadows appear behind former president Donald Trump as he speaks during a commit to caucus rally on Oct. 7 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Rep. Dan Crenshaw appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, where host Jake Tapper pressed him on his support for Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid to be elected House speaker.
“But a lot of them did that,” Crenshaw replied, with a chuckle. “If I held that grudge, I wouldn’t have friends in the Republican conference, because a lot of them did that.”And it is. Even after the turnover that accompanied the 2022 election — bringing in a galaxy of new members of the Republican caucus and ushering out others —of Republicans serving in the House voted to reject electors from Arizona and/or Pennsylvania in the hours after the Capitol riot.
Trump himself has weighed in on Jordan’s behalf as the Ohio legislator seeks the top position in the House. Others in Trump’s broader orbit have mobilized on his behalf. Suggestions last week that Scalise’s first-round victory over Jordan in caucus voting reflected a diminishment of Trump’s clout were premature.In retrospect, it’s fascinating that Trump’s tenure as president allowed Republican legislators to remain largely untainted by his anti-democratic tendencies for so long.
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