Representative Jim Jordan was brought down by the revolt of the rule followers.
They believed that installing Mr. Jordan, a hard-right Ohioan and political brawler, would reward colleagues who had played dirty in unseating Speaker Kevin McCarthy and undermining the candidacy of Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana.
It particularly galled them that Mr. Scalise, the No.
2 Republican, defeated Mr. Jordan, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, in the initial party vote to choose a replacement for Mr. McCarthy only to then watch Mr. Jordan’s allies immediately pivot to denying Mr. Scalise the speakership on the floor.
The anti-Jordan lawmakers then found themselves under a withering social media attack from the right and confronting violent threats against them and their families for balking at voting for Mr. Jordan.
Persons:
Jim Jordan, Jordan, Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise, Scalise, McCarthy, Jordan’s, ”, Mario Diaz
Organizations:
Republican, Committee
Locations:
Louisiana, Florida