House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy batted away suggestions he would drop out of the race for the gavel on Tuesday evening.
He received 202 votes in the third ballot, and his failure to win over his opponents became the first time in a century that the first House ballot did not produce a Speaker.
Boebert added on Tuesday that"every time that he [Jordan] speaks up to defend Kevin McCarthy, he actually just reaffirms why he would make a great speaker." Jordan told the media he believed he had"no" chance of taking up the mantle as speaker, adding it was not the job he would most like to take up., commenting that he would like to"cross examine witnesses and get the truth for the country."
The Republican House leader presented a determined attitude to reporters, saying"we stay in until we win," despite his disappointing first day at the 118th
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