Ohio’s Jim Jordan seeks colleagues support in bid for House speaker

WASHINGTON, D. C. – U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan spent the day after announcing his run for House Speaker calling up the legislative body’s 221 Republican members to pitch himself as the only candidate who can unite a caucus fractured by Tuesday’s vote to eject California’s Kevin McCarthy from the job. In a Thursday morning interview with FoxNews, Jordan said he’s spent so much time on the telephone he’s starting to lose his voice. He said he’s telling colleagues they should consider two fundamental questions: “Who can unite the team and...