Hannity Endorses Jim Jordan for Speaker: ‘The Best Option I Think We Have’

Fox News host Sean Hannity endorsed House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) bid for speaker of the House on Wednesday following the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

On McCarthy’s removal, Hannity said, “Now personally, I didn’t think this was necessary,” before adding, “The eight Republicans who turned on McCarthy had a variety of complaints, some were legitimate, some not worthy of the action they took.”

He continued:

It was also — and I know this for a fact — sadly it was also personal. You know what? It’s business, it shouldn’t be personal, but now there will be a new speaker. We know that both House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, they now both are officially in, they are running to be speaker. Let me tell you where I am tonight, make no mistake, I like Steve Scalise. I think he’s a great leader, I think he’s a really good guy. He’s a patriot.

But I personally am worried for him for one, very, very real reason. It’s not going to be easy to run for speaker. He happens to be going through cancer treatment right now and I want his health to be put first. I really mean that when I say that. I don’t think he should be changing his position at this time.

Hannity concluded, “With that in mind, again no personal anything involved in this, my choice for chairman, my choice for speaker, the best option I think we have is Jim Jordan.”

Jordan and Scalise have both received support from House Republicans as potential successors to McCarthy, as has former President Donald Trump.

On his show, Tuesday, Hannity claimed that a group of Republicans were trying to draft Trump as speaker of the House and that Trump was allegedly “open” to the idea. A potential Trump speakership has received support from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), and even Jordan himself, who told Hannity, “If he wants to be speaker, great.”

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