{"id":18161,"date":"2026-11-11T21:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T13:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=18161"},"modified":"2026-11-11T21:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T13:08:35","slug":"jordan-looks-to-move-republicans-beyond-midterm-rout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=18161","title":{"rendered":"Jordan looks to move Republicans beyond midterm rout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/7.png 702w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/7-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Republicans on Tuesday tapped Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to lead their diminished conference in the next Congress, betting that a conservative spitfire \u2014 and onetime leadership nemesis \u2014 can restore the fight to a party battered by the midterms and scrambling for a path back to power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In brief comments right out of the gate, Jordan set the tenor of the coming clash, vowing to fight the ascendant Democrats on the size and scope of federal power \u2014 an issue that\u2019s taken on fresh significance with the arrival of a new crop of democratic socialist members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen Democrats offer more government, we\u2019ll offer more freedom,\u201d Jordan told reporters in the Capitol shortly after his victory at a press conference where new leaders declined to take questions. \u201cAnd we will bring that fight in committee, on the floor and on the stump every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has a steep climb ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jordan\u2019s task is not only to bring together the warring factions of a restive party demoralized by their election rout and sniping over who\u2019s to blame but also to craft a message that will resonate with alienated voters ahead of the 2028 elections \u2014 all while defending President Trump from the myriad investigations the Democrats are promising into the president\u2019s family, allies and administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the size of the election losses, some Republicans said, that tipped the scales toward Jordan over Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the outgoing majority leader whose many years in the leadership ranks became a liability, rather than an asset, after the midterm landslide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe represents change,\u201d said Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.). \u201cHe also has a very detailed plan on how we get out of the minority. He has excellent communication skills. He\u2019s viewed as a fighter, which he is, and I think the conference was ready for a different direction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the election would have been closer last week,\u201d he added, \u201cI think the results could have been different today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Jordan, the ascension represents an extraordinary arc for a right-wing renegade who built a brand in the Capitol for taking on party leaders, not joining their ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ohio Republican is a co-founder of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, a bloc of iconoclastic conservatives who have routinely butted heads with GOP leadership over government spending and, at times, blocked Republican legislation in an effort to yank the party further to the right. He is also chair of the House Judiciary Committee, a role he\u2019s used to launch investigations into Democrats and other Trump political opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJim Jordan is a fighter. I think he doesn\u2019t mind saying the hard things, but he\u2019s level-headed, and he\u2019s going to be able to work with a lot of different personalities to stay focused on the mission and get the job done,\u201d Rep. Sheri Biggs (R-S.C.) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Tuesday\u2019s leadership elections were a referendum on the midterm results, however, they also didn\u2019t supply the \u201cclean slate\u201d some GOP lawmakers were hoping for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Tom Emmer (Minn.), the Republican whip, fended off a challenge from Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) to keep his post. And Rep. Lisa McClain (Mich.), the GOP conference chair, will also remain in place after beating back challenges from Republican Reps. Greg Steube (Fla.) and Erin Houchin (Ind.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis Republican leadership team will expose the Democrats\u2019 lies and show the American people their true colors as the radical communists that they are,\u201d Emmer said after his win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump stayed out of the leadership races \u2014 an unusual move for a president who has exerted his influence in past contests. Many Republicans are blaming Trump\u2019s policies \u2014 particularly the Iran war, global tariffs and a deportation surge \u2014 for dragging down GOP candidates in the midterms. Some even suggested they chose Jordan because he expressed a willingness to break from the president on certain issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) said he asked Jordan what the Republican conference was going to do \u201cnow that we have to deal with a president who we\u2019re not sure \u2026 how he\u2019s going to go forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI thought he gave a very good answer, which was instead of waiting to see what the president\u2019s going to say, we lead. We lead with a message based on what we want to say, and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve always tried to do myself. I mean, each individual has to know their individual district as well as possible,\u201d McCormick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re independent thinkers, right? \u2026 I want to not worry about what the president says. I want to have my own opinion, and \u2026 what\u2019s funny is the president usually comes around to what I believe anyway. And if he doesn\u2019t, that\u2019s OK because we\u2019re not a cult. If everybody in the church agrees with everything the minister says, you\u2019re in a cult. We are not a cult. It\u2019s very high time to realize that. And it goes back to the Reagan rule, right? It\u2019s OK if you disagree with me on a certain percentage. We can still be on the same team,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leadership transition, from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to Jordan, could not offer a more stark contrast in styles and personas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson is a constitutional lawyer, prim and bespectacled, who often quotes Bible verses and borrowed church terminology in pledging to be a \u201cservant leader.\u201d Jordan is a former champion wrestler, still fit and muscular, who\u2019s known for eschewing a blazer around the Capitol and jousting routinely with Democrats from his perch atop the Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House Freedom Caucus repeatedly tried to tap Jordan to run against former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), which he resisted. But after McCarthy was ousted, it spurred a contentious 2023 battle for the Speakership between Scalise and Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scalise initially won the Republican nomination for Speaker then, defeating Jordan in a secret-ballot vote. But, he later withdrew from the race when it became clear he would not win enough support to secure the gavel. Jordan was later chosen as the nominee for Speaker, but he repeatedly fell short of the votes needed to clinch the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s almost like this is the right time for him,\u201d Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.), a member of the House Republican Steering Committee and the top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, told reporters after the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we need, you know, a combat guy, so to speak. But he\u2019s as good at political combat as anybody I\u2019ve ever seen. So I think he\u2019ll do an excellent job for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) also said she sees Jordan as a unifier despite his staunch conservatism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJim Jordan is somebody who\u2019s a fighter, somebody who\u2019s thoughtful when he speaks,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s eloquent. He doesn\u2019t miss a beat. He\u2019s out there talking about the issues, talking about what people are thinking. I think he\u2019ll do a good job. Look, I\u2019m one of the more centrist members. \u2026 He brings everybody together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think the reason I had supported him for Speaker two years ago, I thought he was the one who could bring everybody together because he had relationships with more moderate members, with the Freedom Caucus folks, and everybody in between,\u201d she added. \u201cSo I think you know he handles himself in a way that he can get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressional Democrats were quick to criticize the pick as another instance of the GOP conference committing itself to a far-right pick after an election that they view as a resounding rejection of Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStephen Miller and Jim Jordan,\u201d Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) wrote on social media, noting the promotion of Trump\u2019s White House adviser to chief of staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRepublicans learned absolutely nothing from what happened a week ago, and are responding by elevating their most extreme voices to positions of power.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But GOP members defended the choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think you look at our conference, we\u2019re a significantly more conservative conference than what we were coming into this,\u201d Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) said, referencing the number of moderate members who lost their reelection bids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd I think if you look at that, you\u2019re going to see us push our conservative values.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas), a member of the House Freedom Caucus, asserted voters still wanted Trump\u2019s agenda and said he also saw Jordan as a figure who could fight any eventual impeachment effort that Democrats might bring against Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s a conservative. He\u2019s also a smart strategist. He\u2019s definitely a good communicator, and especially where we\u2019re headed with the Dems, who seem obsessed with impeachment and, you know, shenanigans, he\u2019s had to lead the defense on that before,\u201d Cloud said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo I think we\u2019ll be well prepared headed into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans on Tuesday tapped Rep. 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