...his reputation has changed over time. He has become part of the solution...
Crenshaw defends Jordan’s attempt to overturn 2020 election: ‘A lot of them did that’
Rep.
Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) defended Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) attempt to overturn the 2020 election, pointing to other Republicans who attempted to do the same.
CNN’s
Jake Tapper pointed out that Jordan was one of the many Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 election results, but Crenshaw said that wouldn’t stop him from supporting him. The Texas Republican was not one of the 139 House Republicans at the time who objected to the certification of the election results.
“But a lot of them did that. If I held that grudge, I wouldn’t have friends in the Republican Conference, because a lot of them did that,” Crenshaw said on “State of the Union.”
Tapper conceded that Crenshaw made “an excellent point,” laughing as he suggested he would have issues with two-thirds of the conference over their opposition to certifying the election results. Crenshaw said that he “was on an island there” when discussing who voted to certify the results.
Crenshaw also reiterated his support for Jordan, saying that “there’s a reason” he backs him for Speaker.
“And what I would remind a lot of the members who are against Jordan, because — because his reputation precedes him, but his reputation has changed over time. He has become part of the solution, not part of the problem. He has long since been part of the solution,” he said.
Some critics have voiced opposition to Jordan’s potential Speakership after he clinched the nomination by the GOP conference last week. Former Rep.
Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said
she was concerned with Jordan’s close ties with former
President Trump and his involvement in the efforts to keep Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election.
“
Jim Jordan was involved in Trump’s conspiracy to steal the election and seize power,” she wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “He urged that [former Vice President Mike Pence] refuse to count lawful electoral votes.”
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) defended Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) attempt to overturn the 2020 election, pointing to other Republicans who attempted to do the same. CNN’s Jake Tapper poin…
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Crenshaw says its going to be ‘really, really difficult’ for Jordan to get the votes to be Speaker
Rep.
Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) predicted on Sunday that it will be “really, really difficult” for Rep.
Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to get the votes to be elected Speaker.
“Nothing’s impossible, but it’s going to be really, really difficult, based on what I’m hearing,” Crenshaw said, when asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” whether he thinks Jordan, the GOP nominee for Speaker, could get the majority of the votes in the full House chamber to get elected Speaker.
“I don’t have a good read on what every single member is thinking,” Crenshaw continued. “As you said, there’s a lot of different reasons with different members. It’s impossible for any member of our conference to get 217 true believers, 217 people who truly think you’re the best, right?”
Jordan was selected on Friday to be the GOP nominee for Speaker, but in such a narrowly divided chamber, Jordan can only lose four Republican votes to get elected – if members vote along party lines and there are no additional absences or “present” votes.
Crenshaw, who said he supports Jordan’s candidacy, warned Jordan allies against mounting a public pressure campaign against those who have said they oppose Jordan.
“What I would really recommend to Jordan’s allies too is that a lot of them have mounted this — this high-pressure campaign. They’re going to whip up Twitter against the people who are against Jordan. That is the dumbest way to support Jordan,” Crenshaw said.
“I’m supporting Jordan. I’m going to vote for Jordan,” he added. “And as somebody who wants Jim Jordan, the dumbest thing you can do is to continue pissing off those people and entrench them.”
The House has been without a Speaker since eight Republican members voted with Democrats to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) nearly two weeks ago. Jordan was nominated after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Calif.) withdrew from the race after it became clear he couldn’t get the necessary number of votes to win support from the majority of the House, despite winning the GOP nomination.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) predicted Sunday that it will be “really, really difficult” for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to get the votes to be elected Speaker of the House. “Nothing’s impossibl…
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