Former President Donald Trump is officially backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.
Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a hearing on the Report of Special Counsel John Durham, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. ** FILE **“Congressman Jim Jordan has been a STAR long before making his very successful journey to Washington, D.C., representing Ohio’s 4th Congressional District,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social site shortly after midnight Friday.
The trip would have been Trump’s first to the Capitol since leaving office and since his supporters attacked the building in a bid to halt the peaceful transition of power on Jan. 6, 2021.has been indicted in both Washington and Georgia over his efforts to overturn the results of the election, which he lost to President Joe Biden.Jordan is one of Trump’s biggest champions on the Hill and has been leading the investigations into prosecutors who have charged the former president.
In a social media post earlier in the day, he added that he “will do whatever is necessary to help with the Speaker of the House selection process, short term, until the final selection of a GREAT REPUBLICAN SPEAKER is made - A Speaker who will help a new, but highly experienced President, ME, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
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