Jordan bows out of speaker's race, clears way for new House GOP candidates
after failing on a third ballot, clearing the way for new candidates to take their shot at the gavel next week.
The 25 holdouts who opposed Jordan cited concerns about ongoing funding of the government, threatening tactics by some of his supporters and bad blood between him and allies of Majority Leader Steve Scalise , among others.The 25 holdouts who opposed Jordan cited bad blood between Jordan and allies of Majority Leader Steve Scalise , among others reasons for the failed vote.“When Steve Scalise beat him in a head-to-head election, he did not go along with the outcome of that election,” Rep.
“We’re not there. I don’t think we’re gonna get there anytime very soon. But there’s been a professional dialogue,” he said after supporting Zeldin a third time, along with three other New York Republicans. “It’s fair to say that Leader Scalise wasn’t given adequate time, he had 24 hours to campaign,” McHenry said in brief remarks to the press.Seven of the Republicans who voted to remove McCarthy including Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz circulated a letter putting their position in the conference on the line to fight for Jordan.“Our nominee Jordan was given a little more time — not right for him, conference made a decision that we’re going to move forward with a new speaker, not today,” he added.
During the third round of voting, several representatives who had backed McCarthy on the first and second ballots flipped to McHenry, signaling their frustration with the removal of the speaker earlier this month.
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