Trump Ally Jordan Loses Third Speaker Vote With Support Fading
- Several GOP alternatives are preparing to launch speaker bids
- Level of new defections might not be enough to deter Jordan
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Trump loyalist Jim Jordan lost a third vote for House speaker Friday as more Republican lawmakers abandoned the GOP nominee and a sense his candidacy was doomed spread within his party.
Several alternative GOP candidates are already preparing to launch bids for the job and more Republicans are expressing exasperation that Jordan is dragging out an election process that already has taken more than two weeks by continuing with his bid.