- Ohio congressman Jim Jordan, a key ally of Donald Trump, will now try to win the speakership, as will Austin Scott, a rank-and-file Republican from Georgia who has grown frustrated with the right wing of his party.
- Republicans were meeting on Friday afternoon and could move to a internal vote. Reps. Tom McClintock, Calif., and Reps. John Rutherford and Carlos Gimenez, both of Florida, say they still want McCarthy to come back and be speaker again.
- The chaos means the House finds itself unable to take any action to provide additional funding to Israel as it prepares for a ground invasion of Gaza.
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‘We Look Like Bunch Of Idiots’: Republicans Mock Own Effort To Pick House Speaker
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, gavels in a House Judiciary Committee Field Hearing, Monday, April 17, 2023, in New York. Republicans upset with Donald Trump's indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him, trying to embarrass him on his home turf. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
