Jordan's nominating speech elicited a negative response from House Democrats ahead of the vote.
Congressional Democrats jeered at Representative Elise Stefanik's nominating speech for Representative Jim Jordan in the election to become the next Speaker of the House on Tuesday.Republicans nominated Jordan, an Ohio Republican known as a conservative firebrand, in the speaker race after weeks of turmoil over who should lead Congress' lower chamber.
Newsweek reached out to her office for comment via email.Video capturing Democrats' reaction went viral online, being viewed more than 150,000 times on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, where many Jordan critics also reacted to the moment.'Wrestling mat??? Jim Jordan??? #SMDH' posted National Democratic Committee Chair Jaime Harrison.
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