Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, finally bailed out on his bid to be speaker of the House last week, but the crop of contenders that rose up in his wake was not an improvement. Of course, that isn't the biggest surprise in an era when the best way to win over GOP primary voters is to be the kind of man that women cross the street to avoid. Still, the statistics are grim. Of the eight contenders who went in for the nomination Tuesday morning, six had voted to overturn the 2020 election of President Joe Biden. The other two, Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota and Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia, don't deserve any medals, however, because they signed a legal brief in 2020 asking the Supreme Court to steal the election for Donald Trump.
Don’t be fooled. ALL 9 GOP Speaker candidates supported efforts to overturn the election.
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) October 23, 2023
Tom Emmer and Austin Scott may have opposed the House votes. But both signed amicus briefs in the Texas lawsuit to invalidate results in Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/F9vYynr9dx
