On Friday, Rep. Jim Jordan lost his status as speaker-designate after his candidacy failed on the House floor for the third time in four days.
House Republicans — or at least a small, admirable faction of their conference — have provided some hope for the future of the party even as they struggle to elect a new speaker of the House.
While Kevin McCarthy’s ouster and the chaos that has paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress ever since have been unmitigated embarrassments for the GOP, the holdouts responsible for preventing Rep. Jim Jordan from securing the speaker’s gavel deserve the nation’s gratitude.
On Friday, Jordan lost his status as speaker-designate after his candidacy failed on the House floor for the third time in four days; a secret ballot betrayed widespread dissatisfaction with his candidacy.
Jordan has made a national name for himself as a show horse, going out on thin limbs for former President Donald Trump and interrogating witnesses during hearings.
But what Jordan boasts in sizzle, he lacks in substance.
The Ohio congressman is not the “effective legislator” McCarthy risibly characterized him as ahead of the House’s third rejection of him Friday.
In fact, Jordan has failed to accomplish much of anything during his close-to-two decades in Congress.
