It’s officially over for Jim Jordan: House Republicans forcibly remove him as Speaker candidate after failed third vote
Jim Jordan forced a third vote for Speaker of the House this morning, and managed to lose 25 House Republicans in the process – an even more embarrassing showing than in the first two rounds. Now Jordan is officially out of the running, and against his will.
Multiple major news outlets are reporting that after Jordan’s third loss, House Republicans held a closed door vote to decide whether Jordan would remain their party’s nominee for Speaker. Jordan just now lost that vote, and is thus officially no longer a candidate for Speaker.
This is an utterly humiliating, yet totally fitting, end to Jim Jordan’s failed candidacy for Speaker. He acted like a bully. His supporters made several death threats against other House Republicans. And now Jordan is simply out.
It’s not immediately clear what will happen next. Will House Republicans now move forward with the plan to temporarily elevate the Interim Speaker? There didn’t seem to be enough support within their caucus for that yesterday, so we’ll see. But for now we’re pretty sure Jim Jordan is out back, crying, and burning his short-lived suit jacket in a dumpster fire.
