House Republicans are weighing who to succeed Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker. Former President Donald Trump has endorsed GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.
Rep. Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise, and Kevin Hern all were considered for the showdown on the conservative news network.
GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California was ousted Tuesday as speaker in a vote spurred by Florida Republican Matt Gaetz.Rep. Jim Jordan speaks at a press conference as Rep. Steve Scalise looks on following a Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol.The top Republicans vying to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy as the next speaker of the House of Representatives have backed out of a televised debate between each other that was scheduled to air Monday on Fox News.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan both agreed that the debate on the conservative news network would not be a good idea, two sources told NBC News on Friday. Rep. Kevin Hern, chair of the Republican Study Committee, said in a social media post on X that he would not participate in the debate, which was set to take place six days after McCarthy was booted as speaker.
"We need to make this decision as a conference, not on TV," Hern wrote. "The Republican conference needs a family discussion."Many Republican caucus members were angry that the party's differences would be publicly aired on national television in a debate for would-be speakers, a third source told NBC.The GOP caucus is scheduled to hold a conference meeting at 6 p.m. Monday to discuss choosing a speaker.McCarthy was the first House speaker in U.S.
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