Jordan, chair of the Judiciary Committee as well as its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, has announced his candidacy to replace Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was ousted as speaker on Tuesday.
"We've got good people on the and they'll do good work," Jordan said. "They'll continue to do the work of what Speaker McCarthy called the weaponization of government against we the people, these federal agencies being turned against the citizens, the very people they're supposed to serve."
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