But after two failed votes, Jordan's third attempt at the gavel is not expected to end any better, as more centrist rank-and-file Republicans revolt over the hardball tactics being used to win their votes.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Judiciary chairman and staunch ally of Donald Trump, meets with reporters about his struggle to become speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. made an impassioned push to become House speaker ahead of a Friday vote, even as his Republican colleagues are explicitly warning the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump that no more threats or promises can win over their support.
“He doesn’t have the votes to be speaker,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., said after a late Thursday meeting when Jordan sought to hear them out and shore up support. Many view the Ohio congressman as too extreme for a central seat of U.S. power, second in line to the presidency. When Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, a chief architect of the ouster of the speaker two weeks ago, rose to speak, McCarthy told him it was not his turn.
McHenry himself has brushed off attempts to take the job more permanently after he was appointed to the role after the
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