{"id":2068814,"date":"2023-10-16T12:32:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/several-key-republican-holdouts-endorse-rep-jordan-for-speaker\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T12:34:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:34:04","slug":"several-key-republican-holdouts-endorse-rep-jordan-for-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/several-key-republican-holdouts-endorse-rep-jordan-for-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Republican holdouts endorse Rep. Jordan for Speaker."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseveral-key-republican-holdouts-endorse-rep-jordan-for-speaker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2068814&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Republicans Rally \u2062Behind Jim Jordan for Speaker of \u200cthe\u2064 House<\/h2>\n<p>House Armed Services Committee \u200dChairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.)\u2062 and Rep. Ken Calvert\u200c (R-Calif.), two \u2064Republicans who previously\u200d said they would never back Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for the speakership, have now endorsed him.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 13, prior to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">closed-door meeting<\/a> where Republicans nominated Mr. Jordan\u2064 for the speakership, Mr. Rogers told reporters that \u2064there was\u200d nothing Mr. Jordan could\u2063 do\u2064 to win his vote. Instead, \u200dMr. Rogers said he would be \u2062voting\u200b for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.),\u200c the ousted former speaker of \u2064the House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Now, \u200din a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMikeRogersAL\/status\/1713911208493961598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thread<\/a> posted to X, Mr. Rogers said he&#8217;s changed his mind, and will be backing Mr. Jordan\u200d for the top spot in the House.<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/top-republican-deal-will-have-to-be-done-with-democrats-if-gop-cant-elect-house-speaker-5510853?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Top Republican:\u200d &#8216;Deal Will \u2063Have to Be \u200dDone&#8217; With Democrats If GOP Can&#8217;t Elect House \u200cSpeaker<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/16\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/top-republican-deal-will-have-to-be-done-with-democrats-if-gop-cant-elect-house-speaker-5510853?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/mccarthy-confident-jim-jordan-will-be-new-house-speaker-5510721?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>McCarthy Confident Jim Jordan \u200bWill Be New House\u2063 Speaker<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/16\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/mccarthy-confident-jim-jordan-will-be-new-house-speaker-5510721?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;[Jim Jordan] and I have had two cordial, thoughtful, and\u200d productive conversations over the past two days,&#8221; Mr.\u200c Rogers said. &#8220;We\u2063 agreed on the need for Congress to pass a strong NDAA,\u2063 appropriations to fund our\u200b government&#8217;s vital \u200bfunctions, and other important legislation like the \u200cFarm Bill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a \u200cresult, I have decided to support Jim Jordan for Speaker of the\u200d House on the\u2063 floor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mo.) \u200dspeaks during \u200ca meeting of\u2063 the House Committee on Rules at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 12, \u20622022. (Oliver Contreras\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Rogers added, &#8220;Since I was first \u200delected to the House, I have always been a \u200bteam\u200b player and\u200b supported what the majority of the Republican\u2064 Conference agrees\u200c to. Together, our Republican majority will be stronger to fight\u2063 Joe\u2063 Biden\u2019s \u2062reckless agenda for America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Calvert echoed the sentiment in another post to X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Keeping America safe is \u2063my top \u2064priority in Congress,&#8221; Mr. Calvert said. &#8220;After having a\u200d conversation with \u2062Jim Jordan about how we must\u2062 get\u200b the House back on a path to \u200dachieve\u2064 our national security and appropriations goals, I will be supporting him for Speaker on the floor. Let\u2019s get to work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.),\u200b another former holdout, also\u2063 announced\u2063 that he would back Mr. Jordan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">&#8220;House Republicans have suffered a total \u2063breakdown of party discipline. \u200cA majority party is only a majority party when it votes as a majority,&#8221; Mr. McClintock <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMcClintock\/status\/1713608807442759956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on\u200c X. &#8220;McCarthy should never have been ousted, but\u200b now Jim Jordan is\u2063 the majority\u2019s choice and deserves the \u200cvote of \u200devery \u200cRepublican.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) has also come out for Mr. Jordan after initial opposition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jim Jordan and I spoke at length again\u200b this \u2064morning, and he has allayed my concerns about \u200bkeeping\u2063 the government open with conservative funding, the need for\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/absolute-state-of-crisis-cruz-says-the-only-fix-to-border-mess-is-a-new-president\/\" title=\"Cruz: Border mess requires a 'new president' to fix.\">strong\u2062 border security<\/a>, our need for consistent international support in times of war and unrest, as well as the need for \u200cstronger protections against the scourge of human trafficking and child exploitation,&#8221; Ms. Wagner\u200c said in a \u2064statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">&#8220;Jim Jordan is our conference nominee, and I will support his nomination for Speaker on the House floor.&#8221;<\/div>\n<h2>Challenges\u2062 Remain<\/h2>\n<p>These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/several-key-republican-holdouts-endorse-rep-jordan-for-speaker\/\" title=\"Key Republican holdouts endorse Rep. Jordan for Speaker.\">flips represent substantial wins<\/a> for Mr.\u200b Jordan, but he still has a way to go and several opponents to convince in\u2062 his bid for the speakership.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jordan is Republicans&#8217; second nominee\u200c for the gavel\u2062 since Mr. McCarthy&#8217;s ouster nearly two\u200c weeks ago, \u2062when \u2063eight Republicans joined all House Democrats to boot Mr.\u200d McCarthy from the\u2064 speaker&#8217;s chair.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Earlier, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) was nominated by his party for the position\u200b in a 111\u201399\u200c vote, defeating Mr. Jordan. However, Mr. Scalise was later forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/scalise-drops-out-of-race-for-house-speaker-role-5509364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdraw<\/a> his candidacy when\u200d it became apparent that \u2064he would be unable to secure the necessary support to win the gavel.<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) announces he is \u2064taking his\u2062 name out\u2062 of the\u2063 running \u2062for U.S. Speaker of House in Washington on Oct. 12, 2023. (Joe Raedle\/Getty \u2064Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Jordan&#8217;s nomination in \u2062a 124\u201381 vote on Friday revealed how \u2062deeply-divided House Republicans remain over his bid.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Austin \u2063Scott (R-Ga.), who announced his \u2062bid minutes before the conference and who\u2063 had done no campaigning, nevertheless garnered the support of roughly 40 percent of Republicans present. Since then, Mr. Scott, as well as several of those who voted for \u200bhim, have endorsed Mr. \u2062Jordan,\u2062 yielding to the will of the conference.<\/p>\n<p>But several opponents to \u200bMr. Jordan&#8217;s\u2062 bid remain.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), who \u200dserves \u2064alongside Mr. Rogers on the Armed Services Committee, said last week that he would need &#8220;to\u200b chew\u2062 on it&#8221; when \u2062asked about whether \u200che&#8217;d support Mr. Jordan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>House\u200d Republican Israel Caucus member Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) joins a news conference about the military conflict between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza outside the U.S. Capitol in \u200bWashington on May 19, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty\u200d Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rep. John Rutherford \u2063(R-Fla.) told The Epoch Times that he would absolutely refuse to support\u2063 Mr. Jordan,\u200c citing conference rules dictating that all members of the GOP Conference \u200cmust yield to\u200b the candidate\u200b nominated\u200c by the majority for the speakership. Instead,\u200c Mr. Rutherford said he would continue to support Mr. Scalise despite his dropping out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepCarlos\/status\/1713922283469729853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling<\/a> on \u2062Republicans to empower Speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) \u2062with emergency powers while Republicans continue to deliberate on a speaker, suggesting he&#8217;s \u2063still \u2063not in Mr. Jordan&#8217;s camp.<\/div>\n<p>Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) also reiterated on Oct. 16 that he remained opposed to \u200cMr.\u200d Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Other opponents of Mr. \u200bJordan have given no indication that they&#8217;ve changed their minds.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Ken Buck \u200b(R-Colo.), and Vern Buchanan\u2064 (R-Fla.) each seem \u2062unswayed \u200dby Mr. \u200bJordan&#8217;s electioneering, with attitudes toward the prospect of a &#8220;Speaker Jordan&#8221; ranging from skepticism to\u2062 outright \u2064hostility.<\/p>\n<p>To win the gavel, Mr. Jordan\u2064 can only spare five votes, meaning he&#8217;ll\u200c still need to whip up support among these holdouts to\u2062 win the speakership.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, despite these challenges, Mr. McCarthy has said that\u200d he \u2064is confident that Mr. Jordan will be \u200dthe next \u200cspeaker \u200dof the House.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does the endorsement from influential Republicans like Mike Rogers and\u2064 Ken\u200d Calvert \u200caffect Jim Jordan&#8217;s chances of becoming the\u200d next Speaker\u200d of \u2063the House<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/div>\n<p>Jim \u200dJordan, the Republican congressman from Ohio, is gaining \u2062support from his\u2063 fellow Republicans in his\u200d bid for Speaker of the House. Two prominent Republicans,\u2063 House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers and Rep. Ken Calvert, have recently endorsed \u200cJordan for \u2063the top \u2062spot in the House, despite previously stating that they would not back\u2064 him.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few days ago, on October 13, Mike Rogers expressed his \u2064skepticism towards Jordan, saying that there was nothing Jordan \u2062could do to win his vote. Instead, Rogers indicated that he would be voting for Rep.\u2064 Kevin McCarthy, the former\u200d speaker of the House. \u200dHowever, Rogers has\u2063 now changed his mind and announced his \u200bsupport for Jordan in a thread posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers highlighted the productive\u2063 conversations he had with Jordan over the past \u2064two days,\u2064 stating that they agreed\u2062 on key\u2064 issues such as the need for Congress \u2064to pass important legislation like the\u200d Farm Bill and appropriations to fund the \u2063government&#8217;s \u200cvital functions. As\u2064 a result of their \u200ddiscussions, \u2064Rogers has made the decision \u200bto back Jordan for Speaker of the House on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>This endorsement from Rogers adds to the growing momentum \u2062behind Jordan&#8217;s \u2062campaign for the speakership. It demonstrates that Jordan is capable \u200dof building coalitions and gathering \u200csupport from within his party. With prominent Republicans like Rogers and Calvert now rallying behind him, Jordan&#8217;s chances of becoming Speaker of the House have significantly improved.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Jordan is \u200bknown \u200bfor his conservative stance and vocal support for former President Donald Trump. He has\u200d been a \u2062key figure in the Republican Party and has \u2062garnered a strong following among\u200b grassroots conservatives. Jordan&#8217;s bid for Speaker of \u2063the \u200bHouse is seen by many as a way to bring a more conservative agenda\u2064 to the forefront and push back against the Democratic majority in \u200bthe House.<\/p>\n<p>As the race for the speakership\u200c continues, Jordan&#8217;s growing support among Republicans will undoubtedly make \u200bhim a formidable candidate.\u200c It remains to be seen whether he can secure enough votes to ultimately \u2063become the \u2064next Speaker of the House, but with \u2062the backing of influential Republicans\u200d like Mike Rogers and Ken Calvert, Jordan&#8217;s chances are certainly looking \u2063more promising.<\/p><figcaption>Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mo.) \u200dspeaks during \u200ca meeting of\u2063 the \u200bHouse Committee on Rules \u2063at the\u2063 U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 12,\u200b \u20622022. 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