LIVE UPDATES: Rep. Kevin McCarthy's bid for House speaker enters day 2: • McCarthy's opposition has been fueled by the far right, who have cast their votes for Rep. Jim Jordan. • Democrats have remained united behind Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Jordan, who emerged Tuesday as McCarthy's top GOP contender for speaker even though he's backing McCarthy, said he's focusing his efforts on becoming the next chair of the Judiciary Committee.
"We’ll see what happens,” Trump said when asked directly whether he was sticking with McCarthy, the GOP leader, in a brief phone conversation. Trump had repeatedly backed McCarthy and urged his allies in the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus to back him, as well, tellingin an interview last month: “I’m friendly with a lot of those people who are against Kevin. I think almost every one of them are very much inclined toward Trump, and me toward them. But I have to tell them, and I have told them, you’re playing a very dangerous game. You could end up with the worse situation.
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