One GOP lawmaker reportedly received a number of death threats after voting against Jordan for speaker of the House.
Rep. Jim Jordan speaks with Rep. Kevin McCarthy as members of the U.S. House of Representatives gather for a second round of voting for the next speaker at the U.S. Capitol on October 18, 2023, in Washington, D.C.Republican Rep. Jim Jordan’s attempt to become the next speaker of the House of Representatives seems to have come to a screeching halt, as it appears that he faces sizable opposition from within his own party.
“ strategy is simple: Smoke out the holdouts in a public floor vote and put them in a political pressure cooker,” After doing so, she said in a statement, she received “a barrage of threatening calls,” including multiple in which she was issued death threats. As a result, she became more resolved to oppose Jordan for speaker.
Before his announcement on Thursday, dozens of Republicans indicated that they were committed to opposing Jordan’s candidacy for speaker,
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