Rep. Jim Jordan would be willing to be the one to nominate GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy for speaker should House Republicans take back the majority in the midterms this year.
Jordan made the revelation to Breitbart News in an interview during a House Republican Conference media event on Tuesday, saying he would be "Happy to" nominate McCarthy if McCarthy were to ask him to.
McCarthy is currently the frontrunning candidate to become speaker should the GOP win the majority in nine months, though a few potential incoming candidates and pundits have expressed reservations, per reports from Business Insider and the New York Times.
Jordan previously challenged McCarthy for minority leader.
The two have made up in recent years and developed an unlikely but meaningful friendship in part because of McCarthy's newfound receptivity to the House Freedom Caucus, of which Jordan is a founding member.
"I think there's a great chance we win. And if we win, I think Kevin McCarthy is going to be the speaker of the House. And we're going to focus on doing the things the American people sent us here to do, passing the right kind of legislation even though Joe Biden won't sign it," Jordan said.
Despite the possibility of serving in the minority party next year, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced she plans to run for reelection.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/02/jim-jordan-prospect-nominating-mccarthy-speaker/
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