The Texans in Congress who voted against Rep. Jim Jordan aren’t RINOs; Matt Gaetz and the gang that ousted GOP leader Kevin McCarthy are.
Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters.On Wednesday, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the current choice of most House Republicans to be speaker, came up short of the majority he needs to take the gavel. In fact, he got one fewer vote than in the initial balloting Tuesday — that’s how well the backroom arm-twisting is going for him.
U.S. Rep. Kay Granger speaks during an event to introduce the Texas A&M-Fort Worth campus in January. Madeleine CookAll for doing what a group of allegedly conservative lawmakers did in ousting McCarthy: taking advantage of the tiny Republican majority to demand the leader they want, for whatever reason.
Some have even said that the holdouts on Jordan are obligated to vote with a majority of the GOP caucus. Where was that argument when the Gaetz Gang betrayed 96% of House Republicans who wanted to retain McCarthy? A tiny fraction worked with Democrats to dump the California Republican and suffered no consequences, but Granger and the rest should swallow their objections or be labeled disloyal?for speaker.
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