Mediaite reports:
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will soon face a Congressional vote that could make him second in line to the presidency as Speaker of the House. He is unwilling, however, to admit that former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 vote in a free and fair election.
CNN’s Manu Raju caught up with Jordan just an hour before the vote is scheduled to take place and asked him, ” Why wouldn’t you say to Ken Buck that the election was stolen in 2020? That was not stolen.”
Jordan had replied to a few questions before Raju’s query but notably ignored that question, which perhaps says more than anything else.
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New — Jim Jordan is ready to go as many rounds as it takes to become speaker and believes he will be closer than McCarthy was on the first ballot in January (where he lost 19), per source familiar w matter.
“Whatever it takes to get a speaker today,” Jordan tells us here pic.twitter.com/QGlQsgN5wR— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 17, 2023
Jordan also says he hasn’t asked for Trump to help whip the vote.
And doesn’t respond to question on why he wouldn’t say to Ken Buck that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 17, 2023