House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Friday that he believes his opponents among the House's GOP can still be converted to supporters ahead of what will likely be another losing vote for his speaker bid.
“Look, there’s been multiple rounds of votes for speaker before. We all know that. I just know that we need to get a speaker as soon as possible so we can get to work for the American people,” Jordan told reporters at a Friday morning press conference, referencing former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's, R-Calif., 15-vote series to secure the speaker's gavel in January. “We stayed the same. We picked up a few, we lost a few. I think the ones we lost can come back,” Jordan added.
