More quotes from Republicans who voted against Jordan (...noting the pressure tactics didn't work):
Rep. Jen A. Kiggans (R-Va.) twice voted against Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) by voting for the last speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
Kiggans, a former helicopter pilot in the Navy,
wrote on social media that “threats and intimidation tactics will not change my principles and values,” alluding to the pressure that Jordan and his allies have put on holdouts.
Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) said that opposition to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is “profound” and that the members who are against him do not want anything but rather are against him in principle. He says Jordan’s tactics, which some have called “House of Cards,” are more “House of Shards.”
“All I can tell you is that the tactics that they have employed against me, the publishing of my office phone number, and the messages, whether it’s conservative media or anybody else, this is all a result of going after people who do not basically represent the viewpoint of a whole lot of hardcore right-wing conservatives.”
He said his staff has been “cussed out, they’ve been threatened … it’s been nonstop. Most of them are out-of-state calls.”
Rep. Kay Granger (R-Tex.) twice voted for Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) to become speaker, even though he is not actively seeking the job.
She said Scalise was “an honorable man,” and she voted her conscious.
She added, “Intimidation and threats will not change my position,” alluding to the
pressure tactics reportedly employed by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and his allies.
