It’s only a flesh wound
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One holdout, Representative Ken Buck of Colorado, has said he is concerned about the way Mr. Jordan tried to overturn the 2020 election results at the behest of Mr. Trump.
Mr. Jordan met Thursday with some of the 22 holdouts against him. But they remained dug in and encouraged him to drop out of contention.
“He needed to know there is no way forward for his speakership,” Representative John Rutherford of Florida, one of the holdouts, told reporters after meeting with Mr. Jordan.
Allies of Mr. Jordan have urged him to force votes on his nomination throughout the weekend, even though opposition against him was expected to grow.
“I’ve heard it said in our conference that Jesus can’t get to 217,” Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a supporter of Mr. Jordan, said, referring to the number of votes needed to become speaker. . . .
The vote planned for Friday morning will cap a tumultuous 24 hours for House Republicans, who spent Thursday fighting among themselves in closed-door meetings, trading blame and insults, and casting about for a way forward as they failed again to coalesce around a speaker candidate.
Republicans on Thursday shot down a plan being floated by centrist lawmakers in both parties that would temporarily give the interim speaker, Representative Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina, explicit power to conduct legislative business. Mr. Jordan backed that plan for a time on Thursday, only to reverse course in the face of furious opposition from rank-and-file Republicans.
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