Over 100 Conservative Leaders Urge Jim Jordan to Run for Speaker

width=500A group of 114 conservative leaders sent a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) asking him to run for Speaker of the House. Currently Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is widely seen as the favored establishment candidate to replace outgoing Speaker Paul Ryan. He endorsed McCarthy as his replacement. Entitled Clean House" the letter begins The present House Republican leadership has proven that its part of the Swamp. Consequently a vote to promote any member of todays House GOP leadership is a vote for the Swamp. Its time to Clean House." The letter praised Jordans conservative record. He has an impressive and rare 100 percent lifetime rating from The American Conservative Union. You have demonstrated over your years on Capitol Hill an unwavering commitment to our constitutional liberties and conservative principles of free market economics budgetary discipline traditional values and a strong national defense." Read the rest of the article at The Stream
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