It’s just been reported that Steve Scalise has dropped out of the House Republican Speaker race, no doubt to the growing opposition to his candidacy.
Here’s the news:
🚨BREAKING — STEVE SCALISE is withdrawing from speaker race.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 12, 2023
SCALISE – “Our conference still has to come together and we’re not there. There are still some people that have their own agendas”
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 12, 2023
I hope this means that Jim Jordan is still in the race and the conference can select him to be speaker.
I’ll update this when I have more information.