GOP lawmakers have been explicitly warning the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump that no more threats or promises can win over their support.
By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Stephen Groves and Kevin Freking, Associated PressRep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Judiciary chairman and staunch ally of Donald Trump, leaves after meeting with reporters about his struggle to become speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.
“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. “We’re trying to figure out if there’s a way we can get back with a Republican-only solution,” said veteran legislator Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla.What was clear was that Jordan’s path to become House speaker was almost certainly collapsing.After a first failed vote Tuesday, Jordan lost rather than gained ground on a crucial second ballot Wednesday, opposed by 22 Republicans, two more than the day before.
A closed-door meeting Thursday to regroup grew heated at times with Republican factions blaming one another for sending their majority into chaos, lawmakers said. McHenry himself has brushed off attempts to take the job more permanently after he was appointed to the role after the unprecedented ouster of McCarthy more than two weeks ago.
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