House Republicans won’t have to decide whether to vote for former President Donald Trump for speaker, but they now know how he would vote if he could. Trump on Friday morning endorsed House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as speaker.
“Congressman Jim Jordan has been a STAR long before making his very successful journey to Washington,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. “He will be a GREAT Speaker of the House & has my Complete and Total Enrdorsement!”
Trump, the front-runner in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, highlighted Jordan’s record as a collegiate wrestling champion and his master’s degree in education, and said Jordan is “STRONG on Crime, Borders, our Military/Vets, & 2nd Amendment.”