W. James Antle III is the Washington Examiner's politics editor. He was previously managing editor of the Daily Caller, associate editor of the American Spectator, and senior writer for the American Conservative.
If Rep. Jim Jordan is elected speaker of the House, conservative activists will not only have scored the ultimate victory over the vaunted Republican establishment.PATRICK MCHENRY SHOULD 'ALREADY' HAVE THE AUTHORING TO GOVERN HOUSE: MCCARTHY
Jordan has been a perpetual thorn in the side of Republican leadership. He was a co-founder of the Freedom Caucus in 2015. By the end of the year, this faction of conservative lawmakers was instrumental in toppling House Speaker John Boehner , who blasted Jordan as a “legislative terrorist.” Since McCarthy’s removal, the House has been without a speaker for nearly two weeks as war rages in Israel, President Joe Biden is seeking new aid for Ukraine, and a government shutdown looms.For Jordan-style conservatives, this is not an exercise in legislative nihilism but in promise-keeping. Republicans campaign on repealing and replacing Obamacare but cannot muster the votes for repeal when they control Congress or coalesce around a replacement.
Republican primary voters have also increasingly taken to rewarding combative candidates. This intensified with the Tea Party under former President Barack Obama, continued to the formation of the Freedom Caucus as a smaller, purer answer to the Republican Study Committee, and culminated with former President Donald Trump beating 16 more conventional Republicans for the party’s presidential nomination.
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan was a movement darling, frequently gracing the covers of conservative magazines. But like McConnell, he wasn’t as in touch with conservative activists and he climbed the leadership ladder in the traditional way.
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