Conservative Speech Jim Jordan Strengthens Trump's Allies

WASHINGTON (AP) – Jim Jordan, Shock Launcher, threw his Thursday the President of the House said that Congress did not do enough to support President Donald Trump and position the right flank for a leadership battle that could define the GOP

Few Republicans believe Jordan could muster the necessary votes to replace President Paul Ryan – En despite the charges brought against him by Ohio State University, even though grbadroots conservatives largely support his race.

But by announcing his offer – less than 24 hours after submitting a resolution to attack Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein The former wrestler is saying that the right flank wants to "get out of it." sit at the executive table of the House GOP.

The Ohio legislature told his colleagues that Trump had taken "bold steps" for the country: there is a piece of the deal, but we can change that.

The leadership race puts pressure on Ryan – and his rivals for Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader, and Steve Scalise, GOP Whip – to support Trump and meet Conservative demands on a host of issues. Jordan poses the biggest challenge to McCarthy, the Californian Republican who is next to replace Ryan but has failed to get the necessary votes for the post since the right flank.

This is the same gap that McCarthy encountered the last time he's presented as a speaker in 2015, and offers an opening to Scalise, the Louisian who is more closely aligned with the conservative wing of the GOP. Thursday after spending the morning meeting 100 House Republicans for an encouraging speech before lawmakers leave town for a long month of summer campaign.

"I spend my time keeping the majori" McCarthy told reporters

McCarthy became one of the best fundraisers as the party fights a possible democratic wave to keep control of the House this fall.

Scalise's office declined to comment and Ryan reiterated his support for McCarthy as his preferred replacement.

But Jordan's announcement, along with the introduction of the resolution to attack Rosenstein , allows both questions to hatch during the break, interjecting a new element in the midterm elections.The conservatives consider Jordan's candidacy as a lever in their fight against Rosenstein to produce more clbadified documents related to the election. Special investigator Robert Mueller's inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 elections.

Their resolution to attack Rosenstein weighs on the House for a vote after their return in September.

Vice President of the Freedom Caucus, Rep. Mark Meadows, RN.C, tweeted that he fully supports Jordan as a speaker.

"It's really about who's going" Meadows told reporters

Jordan, 54, is one of the founders of the conservative house Free .dom Caucus, and considered his main strategist. group has about 30 members, making it a key faction among the current 236 room Republicans.

Jordan's Clouding Race, however, is a chapter of his days as a young coach in Ohio State University has recently been interviewed by lawyers investigating allegations that a former team doctor allegedly badually badaulted male athletes decades ago The six-term MP denied the claims of some of the wrestlers that he knew of the abuse.

Ryan and the other leaders stood at Jordan during the university investigation, and several members of Freedom Caucus said they would support him. l & # 39; e

"Anyone who knows Jim Jordan knows it's not okay," said Representative Paul Gosar, R-Ariz. "He's a guy who's just, he's honest, this will never happen under his supervision."

Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., Said that he has not decided who to support for the speaker, but called the Ohio State Prosecution " a non-issue. "

"I mean, if these things were so blatant, how come we have"

Many other GOP lawmakers often bristle in the Jordanian caucus, which they deem too much inflexible and dogmatic.

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., A committee chair and former leader of GOP House election efforts, said he supports McCarthy. He said that leadership contestants must "do what needs to be done to ensure that Republicans maintain a majority" by helping their colleagues, "whether you agree with them or not."

Ryan should leave Congress in January A first round of elections for the leadership of the new president will take place in November, before a roll-call vote next year.

The question of who will hold out may be for nothing if the Republicans lose their majority control at the halfway point. must win 23 seats in November elections, a result that would allow their party to control the president's office.

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Mary Clare Jalonick, badociate editor of the press, contributed to this report.

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