Following the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Steve Scalise (R-LA) threw their hats in the ring to become the next Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Both, I think, are good choices, but former president Trump has endorsed Jordan.
Donald Trump early Friday announced his endorsement of Rep. Jim Jordan to be the next speaker of the House.“He will be a GREAT Speaker of the House, & has my Complete and Total Endorsement!” the former president wrote in a post to his social media site, Truth Social, that praised Jordan’s political record as well as his college wrestling achievements.. . . . Both Jordan and Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise have begun accumulating support for the speaker role. Jordan has endorsed Trump’s presidential campaign. Scalise, who has served as majority leader under McCarthy, has not.Jordan, the hardline cofounder of the conservative Freedom Caucus, said on Fox News on Thursday night he is confident he can bring together the fractured Republican conference.
One person not happy with Jordan’s Speakership bid is Liz Let’s Find A Country To Bomb Cheney.
Here’s the full text:
Liz Cheney warns against electing Jim Jordan as Speaker of the House:”If they were to decide that, there would no longer be any possible way to argue that a group of elected Republicans could be counted on to defend the Constitution.”Speaking to a packed crowd at the University of Minnesota, Cheney also criticized former Speaker McCarthy:”Kevin McCarthy is absolutely unfit to be speaker. Kevin McCarthy at every moment over the course of the last two years, has done more to enable and collaborate with and apologize for Donald Trump.”
Poor old Liz, still living in the Bush-Cheney “compassionate conservative”–i.e. progressive, big government, big spending, big war–glory days of yore. This unintentional endorsement of Jordan may carry more weight than Trump’s.
Democrat hactivist outlet HuffPo reports:
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) didn’t mince her words about Rep. Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican who is now running for the speaker’s gavel following the showdown that saw Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) voted out.In a speech at the University of Minnesota on Wednesday, the former vice chair of the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection said Jordan was the leader among those who were aware of former President Donald Trump’s plans to cling on to power despite losing the 2020 election.“Jim Jordan knew more about what Donald Trump had planned for January 6th than any other member of the House of Representatives,” Cheney said. “Jim Jordan was involved, was part of the conspiracy in which Donald Trump was engaged as he attempted to overturn the election.”While Cheney said she didn’t expect Jordan to win the upcoming contest, she said his potential ascension to the position would send a strong message about where the GOP’s allegiance lies.
Former Representative Liz Cheney offered an ominous warning to House Republicans about electing Representative Jim Jordan as the next Speaker of the House, suggesting that it could mark the end of the GOP as they know it.
That’s a ringing endorsement if ever I heard one.
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