The president’s response to a question about Jordan’s effort to become House speaker prompted laughter from reporters.
U.S. President Joe Biden offered up a curt response to a reporter’s question about his frequent critic, Republican Representative Jim Jordan’s failed efforts to become the next House speaker.
Jordan, founding chair of the hard-right Freedom caucus and current chair of the Judiciary Committee, has been a staunch critic of the Biden administration, serving as one of the GOP’s impeachment inquiry leads. Jordan, a prominent ally of former President Donald Trump who was endorsed in his bid for the gavel by the MAGA leader, has been unable to garner enough House GOP support.
The Democratic president took questions from reporters during his flight home from Tel Aviv on Wednesday where he was asked to weigh in on Jordan’s bid for the speakership.
“Do you have a view of Jim Jordan’s current predicament being unable to secure the speakership,” a reporter asked Biden.
