From Steve Bannon to Sean Hannity, right-wing media stars have had enormous influence over Republicans’ search for a leader.
Rep. Jim Jordan , top center, listens during the first round of voting Tuesday after he was nominated to become speaker of the House.
As of Tuesday afternoon, when Jordan lost an initial vote of the full House, it was unclear whether the turbulent series of events would end with a congressman longelevated to lead the chamber. But the overall picture of the legislative branch in chaos — and the allure of the media spotlight helping to drive the dysfunction — was well-established.
provide the switchboard number for the House of Representatives, and urged his followers to “call your member and tell them.”who were not supporting Jordan, while one of his producers contacted lawmakers with an email asking why they weren’t backing him.
But in a measure of the limits of those kinds of pressure tactics, Womack on Tuesday was among the 20 Republicans who declined to support Jordan in the floor vote. Womack, who voted for Scalise instead, said the GOP’s initial nominee had been “kneecapped” before he could get his own vote before the full House.
“For a long time we’ve seen politicians who have vied for media attention in order to raise their profile and raise money,” said Kathryn Brownell, who teaches history at Purdue University. “It elevates a slash-and-burn style and it changes the party to something more about viral moments and less about governance.
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