‘The Jim Jordan from Ohio?’ CNN host incredulous as Nancy Mace claims Democrats trust hardliner

Republican South Carolina congresswoman refuses to support Steve Scalise, party's choice for US House speaker

A Republican opposing Steve Scalise, the party's pick for US House speaker, claimed Democrats trusted Jim Jordan, the hard-right Ohioan Scalise defeated in an internal vote on Wednesday.

I think Jim Jordan is not out of the mix," Nancy Mace of South Carolina told CNN on Wednesday night. I have talked to a lot of people who still support him. I have actually talked to Democrats who trust him at his word. I don't think that's out of the realm of possibility."