Dems Trash GOP Speaker Pick Jordan As Insurrectionist

NBC News reports:

Democrats are standing firm in their refusal to bail out the House Republican majority as it struggles to elect a new speaker 10 days after after booting Rep. Kevin McCarthy. They’re also dialing up the rhetoric against the GOP’s new nominee for speaker, prominent Trump ally Jim Jordan of Ohio, blasting him as an insurrectionist, election denier and extremist.

“House Republicans have selected as their nominee to be the speaker of the people’s House the chairman of the chaos caucus, a defender in a dangerous way of dysfunction, and an extremist extraordinaire,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Friday on the steps of the Capitol, flanked by dozen of Democratic lawmakers.

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NEW: Democrats are holding firm and refusing to help Republicans out of House speaker mess

They’re still behind Jeffries.

No serious talks of a coalition speaker.

Dem leaders are trashing Jim Jordan as an “insurrectionist,” election denier, extremist.https://t.co/RqQphm2GIh

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 14, 2023

Democratic @WhipKClark on Jordan: “Every Republican who cast their vote for him is siding with an insurrectionist against our democracy.”

Dems dropping clues on how they will try to tie every GOP lawmaker to Jordan’s brand of politics.

w/ @JulesJester: https://t.co/RqQphm2GIh

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 14, 2023

During a press conference with House Democrats, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries referred to Republican Speaker-designee, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as “the chairman of the chaos caucus … an extremist extraordinaire.”

Watch full remarks here: https://t.co/1MszUEygeN pic.twitter.com/wtlf0DwQ92

— CSPAN (@cspan) October 13, 2023