Inside Jim Jordan's effort to usher in new era of Republican leadership: 'He's a fighter'
LONGTIME GOP LEADER FACES UNCERTAIN FUTURE AFTER JIM JORDAN WINS HOUSE LEADERSHIP FIGHT Haridopolos is a longtime ally of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., who notably lost this week's internal House GOP leadership election to Jordan by a 106 to 73 margin, sources told Fox News Digital.
Key points
- Because a House minority leader's primary job is to lead counter-messaging against the majority's agenda, Republican lawmakers are arguing Jordan is in a prime position to be throwing bombs at the other side — potentially weakening the Democratic majority's own argument to keep the House in 2028.
- 2, compared him to the "Energizer bunny" and praised him as a "decision-maker." And the Ohio Republican himself signaled that he sees his role as directing the voice of the opposition against a likely barrage of Democratic probes.
- "[Jordan] understands it, because we've been on the other side of it." HAKEEM JEFFRIES DECLARES BID FOR HOUSE SPEAKER AFTER GOP'S MIDTERM MASSACRE In his six years as head Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, Jordan has cemented his reputation as a capable bulldog for President Donald Trump and the GOP.
The Ohio Republican has traded his days of publicly criticizing fellow GOP lawmakers in for public calls for unity, something sources said he stressed in his argument to win the leadership role last week.
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- He's the right messenger for the right time, and he's been setting himself up for this for decades." But it remains to be seen if that pragmatism will extend to deal-making with Democrats.
- He's known for asking sharp, pointed questions of Democrat-leaning witnesses and spearheading investigations into justice officials who Republicans accuse of blocking Trump's agenda.
- ‘LAWYER UP’: DEMS IMMEDIATELY PUT TRUMP ON NOTICE AMID REPUBLICANS' MIDTERM BLOODBATH House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., who will be going into the next Congress as Jordan's No.
- Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is set to take the reins of the House GOP in the next Congress, and his fellow Republicans are quickly rallying to tout him as the best person for the job.
- The current House Judiciary Committee chairman has enjoyed a high profile in the media for years, long known as a bomb-thrower ever since he helped found the conservative House Freedom Caucus in 2015.
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