Jim Jordan nominated Kevin McCarthy to serve as speaker of the House on the historic second ballot on Tuesday, as GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, instead, tapped Jordan as an alternative.
GOP Rep.nominated Kevin McCarthy as the next House speaker for the historic second ballot on Tuesday, after which Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., nominated Jordan as an alternative to take the gavel.
As he nominated McCarthy, Jordan called for unity within the party and said the differences in Republicans’ beliefs on who should be speaker"pale in comparison to the differences between us and the left." "We need to rally around him," Jordan said as he outlined the priorities for the 118th Congress. Those priorities include passing bills that"fix the problems" related to immigration, energy policy, education policy and inflation; prevent massive spending packages from getting through; and conducting oversight and investigations.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, was nominated as an alternative to Kevin McCarthy for House speaker, even though Jordan himself nominated McCarthy. Gaetz described Jordan’s nomination speech as one"with more vision than we have ever heard from the alternative."
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