Republican Jim Jordan will try to claim the gavel of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday in a vote that could elevate the prominent and combative right-wing figure to one of the most powerful posts in Washington.
U.S. Representative Jim Jordan who is vying for the position of Speaker of the House, speaks to the media following a meeting of House Republicans as the Republicans continue to try to elect a new Speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hocksteinwill try to claim the gavel of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday in a vote that could elevate the prominent and combative right-wing figure to one of the most powerful posts in Washington.
Since McCarthy's Oct. 3 ouster, Republican infighting has left the House leaderless and unable to address urgent concerns such as support for Israel and Ukraine and funding for the U.S. government. Eight House Republicans engineered McCarthy's ouster three days after he cut a Sept. 30 deal with Democrats to keep the federal government funded through Nov. 17.
"Most people I represent wouldn't know the speaker of the House if they backed over him with a pickup truck," he said."To hand him the gavel is to chose MAGA extremism over America," No. 2 House Democrat Katherine Clark wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, referring to former President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan.
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