GOP Lawmaker Says Jordan’s Strategy Backfired

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) told Fox News that a pressure campaign mounted by his colleagues may have backfired after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was soundly defeated during his first attempt to secure the speaker’s gavel on Tuesday afternoon.

Said Donalds: “I think some of the pressure campaigns have backfired — they have not worked. And so I think that right now, under the leadership of Jim Jordan, you know, I would request that people just take a break, take a pause.”