Jordan Struggles as Republicans Sink Deeper into Division
Representative Jim Jordan’s initial defeat left the man once branded a “legislative terrorist” pressing to cut the kind of deals he has long railed against.
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Representative Jim Jordan’s initial defeat left the man once branded a “legislative terrorist” pressing to cut the kind of deals he has long railed against.
Twenty Republicans refused to support the hard-right Ohio Republican, leaving him without a majority as the party infighting stretched into a third week.
Jim Jordan, a hard-right Ohio Republican, failed again to gain enough support from his party to become speaker. The House remains leaderless after two weeks of Republican infighting.
The hard-right Republican has had a long career as an uncompromising figure in Ohio politics.
The House reading clerk, who became somewhat of an internet celebrity after presiding over the last big speaker drama, is known as “mother” by some on the internet.