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A handful of establishment Republicans blocked Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) from locking down the speakership on Tuesday, so Jordan and the vast majority of House Republicans are set to try again on Wednesday.

Establishment House members who prevented Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) from obtaining the gavel on Tuesday betrayed the small donor community that supports the reelection campaigns of those same Republican politicians, several GOP operatives and fundraisers exclusively told Breitbart News.

Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) should not be speaker of the House because he does not “put the people of this country over the politics.”

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was an “appalling” choice for speaker of the House.

Representative Ken Buck (R-CO) said Tuesday on CNN’s “News Central” that he would never vote for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to become House Speaker.

CNN commentator Adam Kinzinger said Tuesday on CNN’s “News Central” that he was “very proud” of the 20 Republicans who voted against Rep. Jim Jorden (R-OH) for speaker.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) is attempting to undermine Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) bid for the Speakership gavel after voting for him on the first ballot, sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to Breitbart News. 

Twenty House Republicans on Tuesday declined to vote to make Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) the next Speaker of the House.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was denied the Speaker’s gavel Tuesday on the first ballot by 20 Republican holdouts despite winning 200 votes.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) “will be a great speaker” and “will have the votes soon,” Former President Donald Trump stated before Tuesday’s House floor vote. 

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on a new speaker on Tuesday, October 17, with Rep. Jim Jordan as the Republican nominee.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) floated empowering Patrick McHenry in a last-ditch effort to block Jim Jordan’s bid for Speaker.

House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) sees the House Speaker’s gavel within reach, as the House GOP conference nominee for the speakership heads to the floor shortly after noon on Tuesday in an attempt to unify the GOP conference and end the chaos that started two weeks ago when now former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the position.

Public support for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) surged among House Republicans hours before a potential vote to elect him as Speaker of the House.

Rep. Jim Jordan will likely have to wait beyond Tuesday’s first ballot as he continues meeting one-on-one with holdouts in his campaign for Speaker.

Fourteen more House Republicans publicly backed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as Speaker-designate hours before a potential vote for Speaker.

On Monday, MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill said on “Deadline,” that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) would not last long if he’s voted into the House Speaker’s position this week.

Grassroots conservatives nationwide are rallying behind Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as he seeks to lock down the speakership in a Tuesday afternoon floor vote, with activists “melting” phone lines with respectful pleas to GOP members of Congress to unify and end the conference’s divisions by finally electing Jordan as Speaker of the House.

Jim Jordan will enter Monday night’s House Republican meeting with a burst of momentum less than twenty-four hours before a Speaker vote.

House Republicans rallied behind House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Monday for House speaker, as at least 132 publicly announced support for the Ohio congressman to claim the gavel.

House Judiciary Committee chairman and Speaker-designate Jim Jordan (R-OH) urged House Republicans in a letter on Monday to unite against the Democrats amid the ongoing battle for Speaker of the House.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) continues converting former foes into supporters as he makes progress towards claiming the Speaker’s gavel.

Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) biggest critic has endorsed him for Speaker, and a path has emerged for Jordan to claim the gavel.

Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union’ that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and his allies attempting to pressure his way to the speakership was “the dumbest thing you can do.”

This will be week the House elects Jim Jordan as Speaker, Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) told Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM.

House Democrat leaders view House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), the leading candidate for Speaker of the House, as an “insurrectionist” and an “extremist extraordinaire.”

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has formally ruled out a Speakership bid as House Republicans slowly but surely rally around Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the GOP conference nominee for Speaker, in the drawn out Speakership fight, as it enters its third week.

Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Friday on CNN’s “The Lead” that he believed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will get the votes to be the next speaker of the House.

House Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) Friday as the GOP nominee for Speaker of the House, a monumental victory symbolizing the Ohioan’s rise from firebrand conservative outsider to party standard-bearer.

House Republicans reassembled Friday at 1:00 pm Eastern for another candidate forum as frontrunner Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) works to lock up the nomination.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Friday said he would continue to vie to become the next Speaker of the House.

Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) has filed a last-minute run for Speaker of the House, setting up a challenge to frontrunner Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).

A spokesperson for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) rebuked a recent story in Politico that reported he had a contentious meeting with Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) over the current House Speaker fight.

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) is withdrawing from the race for Speaker of the House after a brutal day that saw him hemorrhage support from between 30 and 40 Republican colleagues.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) chances of becoming the Speaker of the House deteriorated Thursday after he failed to build upon shifting support during a closed-door meeting.

Steve Scalise hemorrhages support after winning the GOP nomination for Speaker with less than half the votes needed to win on the floor.