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Jim Jordan-Backing Republican Receives A Blunt Reminder… But To No Avail
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Crenshaw talked up Jordan’s candidacy to replace ousted Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as the House remains speaker-less and at a standstill.
Jordan’s reputation “has changed over time,” claimed Crenshaw, who argued the key Trump ally has “become part of the solution, not part of the problem.”
Tapper reminded Crenshaw that Jordan “defied a congressional subpoena and he was trying to get (then-Vice President Mike) Pence to overturn the electoral votes but anyway, you’re in the Jordan camp.”
“But a lot of them did that,” responded Crenshaw. “If I held that grudge, I wouldn’t have friends in the Republican Conference, because a lot of them did that.”
Crenshaw made “an excellent point,” acknowledged Tapper, noting how two-thirds of the GOP conference opposed certifying the result.
Crenshaw was not among those 139 House Republicans, though.
“I was always on an island there,” Crenshaw told Tapper.
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