The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which is an official party organization that works on House races, is — as the saying goes — coming out swinging against the possibility of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) becoming Speaker of the House, which looked possible for this Tuesday.
The group distributed a document outlining arguments against Jordan and relaying a commitment to pushing from office any swing-district Republicans who back his bid to become Speaker. If he nabs the role, he’ll be replacing Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who was ousted in a historic rebuke two weeks ago, after which point Republicans have struggled to assemble the needed support for putting any single candidate over the top on their own. And indeed, Republicans have seemed more interested in sticking with their own party’s agenda than striking the bipartisan agreement to which Democrats have long been open, which would have gotten the House functioning again quicker.
“The DCCC is committed to ensuring that every battleground Member of the Republican conference who stands and votes for a Speaker Jordan will be making a career ending move,” that political organization’s new document said. Politically vulnerable House Republicans include members who currently represent districts where Joe Biden won against Donald Trump in 2020, a marker of local trends that aren’t exactly irrevocably favoring the Republicans.
A key issue for Democrats and, in general, figures opposing Jordan is his past support for conspiracy theory-driven suspicion of the 2020 presidential election — debunked claims that produced what became damaging and deadly violence at the Capitol. Some have also spotlighted his avid opposition to most expressions of reproductive rights. The DCCC document accuses the Ohioan of supporting abortion restrictions that don’t even include an exception for the pregnant person’s life. They also reference what appears to be the semi-recent plan from House Republicans that would have — temporarily, for now — imposed 30 percent spending cuts across much of the federal government, bringing potentially disastrous results to those who rely on affected services.
This memo on Jim Jordan was sent to Democratic offices this morning.
“The DCCC is committed to ensuring that every battleground Member of the Republican conference who stands and votes for a Speaker Jordan will be making a career ending move.”
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