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Reuters reports:
Hardline conservative Jim Jordan vowed to continue his floundering bid for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, after his fellow Republicans abandoned a backup plan to allow the leaderless chamber to resume business. Jordan, who has lost two votes for speaker this week, emerged from an hours-long closed door meeting with fellow Republicans to say he would press ahead with a third vote. “I’m still running for speaker and I plan to go to the floor and get the votes and win this race,” Jordan told reporters.
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Jordan: I’m still running for speaker. I plan to go to the floor and get the votes pic.twitter.com/nc4NYccU2J
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 19, 2023
Jordan Reverses Himself and Will Push for a Third Speaker Vote https://t.co/IlgdgDmGIq
— Jon Swartz (@jswartz) October 19, 2023
LATEST: Jim Jordan, leaving meeting, says there will be a 3rd vote after all. https://t.co/l77kjfDbah
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) October 19, 2023
Jim Jordan is still in the race and he still has my vote for Speaker!
Let’s get this done!!
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) October 19, 2023
Jordan isn’t backing down!
After an open discussion in the GOP conference, Jordan says we shouldn’t bring a resolution to the floor to endow Speaker Pro-Tem McHenry with power to run the House.
Our job is to elect a real speaker, Speaker Jim Jordan.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) October 19, 2023