House GOP members question Mike Johnson and Jim Jordan’s campaign motives: report

21 October 2024

According to a Monday, October 21 Axios report, some House GOP members "privately" wonder why Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan campaigned in Michigan together over the weekend.

"He's [Jordan's] very active, he's been in New York, he was in California, so he's playing the game," a Republican lawmaker told the news outlet.

Axios notes that "If the GOP holds the House, Johnson's the front-runner for speaker. That sets up a potential Jordan challenge to Majority Leader Steve Scalise. (Jordan also denies interest in Scalise's job.)"

Johnson told Axios, "Jim Jordan is one of my closest personal friends. He's been, in some ways, a mentor to me, and in many ways, a brother. We work very well together."

Members recognize that Jordan is vying to keep his position as Judiciary Committee Chair.

One GOP member told Axios that it's "smart on [Jordan's] part to keep [Jordan] close. He may run against Scalise where he only needs a majority of R's to win."

Another senior Republican member said, "Jordan has probably learned ... that it is good to lay the groundwork for such a time as there is a vacant leadership post."

Axios' report is available at this link.

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