Liz Cheney Blasts Jim Jordan, Says Republicans ‘Deserve’ to Lose House Majority if Ohio Rep is Nominated Speaker

Hours after Cheney warned her former caucus that they would “lose” their majority with a Jordan nomination, the controversial Ohio rep picked up an additional 25 votes and beat out Rep. Austin Scott 124 to 81.

Despite this small victory, more than 50 Republicans refused to support Jordan in the House vote. That figure was higher than the hold-outs Majority Leader Steve Scalise faced before he abruptly withdrew his name from the race late Thursday evening after a day of contentious caucus meetings.

Should Jordan fail to secure a minority vote like McCarthy’s first 14 rounds, the Republican’s cycle of dysfunction would continue as the Speakership sat vacant and the Israel-Palestine conflict raged on.