Jim Jordan plans to use 'bully pulpit' to pressure holdouts at news conference: report

After failing multiple times to get enough votes to secure a role as House speaker, Jim Jordan announced he was dropping out of the race. But that didn't last long. He soon changed his mind, and now reports suggest he's going to pressure his fellow lawmakers using a Friday morning press conference.

Jordan, who lost two votes and then held a reportedly unproductive meeting with those opposing him, is reportedly not giving up.

The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, where Jordan is chairman, announced the presser on its social media.

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"Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) will hold a press conference tomorrow morning, Friday, October 20, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. ET in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol," the committee announced.

Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News reported that Jordan, who is endorsed by Donald Trump for the position, will hold an early AM news conference Friday.

"I am told this is an attempt to use the 'bully pulpit' -- to the extent he has one -- to try to drum up support for his bid to be speaker," Sherman reported on his social media.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also chimed in.

"An 8am Jim Jordan judiciary presser?" she wrote Thursday. "What’s he gonna do, announce that he’s going to impeach everyone who doesn’t vote for him?"