Republicans dropped Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the ally of Donald Trump failed on a third ballot for the gavel.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told GOP colleagues Thursday he was still running for the House gavel, leaving Republicans few viable options after his backers resisted a plan to expand the temporary speaker’s powers to re-open the House.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed again Wednesday on a second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of former President Donald Trump losing support from more GOP colleagues.
Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on a first ballot Tuesday, as an unexpectedly numerous 20 holdouts denied the hard-charging ally of Donald Trump the GOP majority needed to seize the gavel.
