The Guardian reports:
Speaking, as he usually does, in shirtsleeves, Jim Jordan made clear he was not abandoning his bid to become speaker of the House, despite significant opposition from his fellow Republicans.
“We need to get the appropriations process moving so that the key elements of our government are funded and funded in the right way, particularly our military. We need to get back to our committee work. And frankly, we need to continue the oversight work that I think is so darn important,” said Jordan.
He also made clear he still believes fraud was committed in the elections that unseated Donald Trump, even though no evidence has been discovered to support those claims. “I think there were all kinds of problems with the 2020 election,” Jordan said at one point.
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Jordan indicates that he plans to just try and grind it out today and tomorrow and for whoever long it takes until a Speaker is elected pic.twitter.com/DcGmex1wUl
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 20, 2023
“I think there all kind of problems with the 2020 election. I’ve been clear about that” — Jordan refuses to admit that the 2020 was not stolen from Trump pic.twitter.com/FaO8JBUt44
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 20, 2023
Brian Kilmeade: “I don’t know what the point was” pic.twitter.com/8Yq1DmAaQ7
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 20, 2023
Jim Jordan now addressing the press ahead of an expected third attempt at the Speaker’s gavel… starting with a story about the Wright brothers. pic.twitter.com/izIvzFw9fr
— Julie Tsirkin (@JulieNBCNews) October 20, 2023
NOW: Rep. Jim Jordan begins his news conf. – telling how it took 44 yrs between the Wright brothers to get to Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier … then another 22 to get to the moon.
“It is a great country, made of great people… and now those ppl are starting to doubt.”
— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) October 20, 2023
