Jordan remained 18 votes away from becoming House speaker during a vote Wednesday. Meanwhile, activists in Texas are pressuring Republicans to fall in line behind Jordan’s effort.
U.S. Reps. J.K."Jake" Ellzey, R-Waxahachie, Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, and Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth joined other Republicans to again block Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan from the speaker's gavel.
Jordan failed to secure the gavel in Wednesday’s vote where he received a total of 199 votes, short of the 217 he needed to secure the gavel. Most of the 22 Republican votes against Jordan — two more than Tuesday’s vote — went to long-shot candidates and were largely in protest against the far-right Ohioan. One vote, from Iowa’s Mariannette Miller-Meeks, went to Granger.
“We went crazy,” Perry said, describing the party’s reaction to Gonzales’ Tuesday vote. “The Republican Party of Texas censured him for a reason, and this is the reason.”Perry, who lives in Gonzales’ district, said similar efforts were underway in Ellzey’s and Granger’s districts. McCaul had initially voted for Scalise in a private conference vote but voted for Jordan on Tuesday after Jordan told him he would be open to pairing aid for Ukraine with funding to assist Israel — a priority for members across the ideological spectrum.
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