Rep. Jim Jordan DROPPED As House Speaker Nominee

After three total attempts to gain support from his colleagues, Representative Jim Jordan was voted out by House Republicans as House speaker nominee.

Rep. Jordan lost 20 votes on his first ballot, 22 on his second, resulting in a total of 25 Republican bleed votes after his third.

This afternoon evidenced the ousting of Jordan with a closed-door blind ballot vote of 86-112, which means Jordan and his allies will not be able to see who voted against him.

The House continues to be paralyzed and unable to do business, now reaching 17 days without a speaker.

Jordan’s statements show that, despite his defeat, he is more than happy to support whichever candidate will unite the House, saying:

‘I told the conference it was an honor to be their speaker designee. But I felt it was important that we all — we all know an answer to the question, do they want me to continue in that in that role. And so we put the question to them they made a decision,’ Jordan said after the meeting where the vote was held. 

‘I’m also going to go back to work. We got we got several depositions lined up next week in the Judiciary Committee,’ he went on. ‘But it’s important we do unite. Let’s — let’s figure out who that individual is, get behind him and get to work for the American people.’ 

The House will return on Monday, 6 p.m. ET, to review a new candidate forum.