Some of Rep. Jim Jordan's supporters were pulling out all of the stops in his quest for the speakership position, including anonymously texting and emailing the wife of a Republican lawmaker who voted against him.
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a Republican moderate, tells reporters he has not changed his mind and will not be voting for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to become speaker of the House, following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in …Some of Rep. Jim Jordan’s supporters were pulling out all of the stops in his quest for the speakership position, including anonymously texting and emailing the wife of a Republican lawmaker who voted against him.
“Why is your husband causing chaos by not supporting Jim Jordan? I thought he was a team player,” said one of the multiple texts received by Mrs. Bacon and shared with Politico.The anonymous texter then threatened Mr. Bacon’s career, calling him a “disappointment” and a “failure.” Mr. Jordan, Ohio Republican, lost the first round of votes for the position. He needed 217 votes to win, but didn’t achieve enough party support.
Another text to his wife asked her to talk to her husband and “tell him to step up and be a leader and help the Republican Party get a speaker there’s too much going on in the world for all this going on in the Republican Party.”
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