Republicans say they faced ‘barrage’ of calls and texts to make Jordan speaker
by Maya Yang from US news | The Guardian on (#6FP3J)
Despite hardball' attempts, Republicans voted against hard-right Ohioan's speakership again, leaving the House in limbo
As Jim Jordan fails for the second time to garner enough votes to become speaker, a handful of Republicans are speaking out about the strong-arming they have been facing by Jordan's allies in attempts to make him speaker, including allegedly anonymous text messages.
On Tuesday, 20 Republicans voted against the hard-right Ohioan's speakership, leaving the House in a continued state of limbo since extremist Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy in a historic vote earlier this month.
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