Republicans dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel.
The blocked-House impasse deepening, Republicans have no realistic or workable plan to unite the fractured GOP majority, elect a new speaker and return to the work of Congress that has been languishing since hard-liners ousted Kevin McCarthy at the start of the month.
He himself doesn’t want his role to be elevated and is threatening to quit if they do that. And if they want him to be the speaker he wants to be officially elected.
Good on him for that, and may we all follow in his footsteps; don’t accept additional work responsibilities unless it comes with the title, pay, perks, etc.
I could be mistaken but I thought he was threatening to quit when some Republicans were floating the idea of him doing more without elevating his role with a vote. Like just start doing speaker stuff anyway.