Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., told Newsmax that there's a 'whole menu' of issues that House Republicans have with Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in his bid to become speaker; but he added that it's 'very difficult for anyone to get to 217 on anything' in the divided GOP conference.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., told Newsmax on Thursday that there's a "whole menu" of issues that House Republicans have with Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in his bid to become speaker; but he added that it's "very difficult for anyone to get to 217 on anything" in the divided GOP conference.
"I certainly hope he gets there. I mean, Jim is the right guy for the job," Comer said. "Having said that, he's clearly a few votes short. And I've spoken with just about every single holdout thus far, and there's a whole menu of reasons why different members have issues with Jim right now.""It's very difficult for anyone to get the 217 on anything in this divided Republican conference.
"What happened when those eight joined with Matt Gaetz to vacate the chair, it created a problem," Comer said. "It's one thing to remove the speaker. But when you do that, you need to make sure you've got someone in place to replace the speaker. And we saw how hard it was to elect McCarthy the first time. And unfortunately, Jim Jordan's going through the same ordeal now.
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