On Monday evening, a lobbying firm with ties to Senator Mitch McConnell organized a phone call at 8PM ET with Representative Don Bacon (R-NE) in an effort to persuade him to vote in favor of Jim Jordan for House Speaker.
Chairman Jordan needs 217 votes on Tuesday for the speakership, yet 8 RINO holdouts have been refusing to support the congressman.
These representatives include: Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Frank Lucas (R-OK), John Rutherford (R-FL), Mike Simpson (R-ID), Steve Womack (R-AR), and Ken Buck (R-CO).
Rep. Bacon remained resolute on Monday evening and expressed his disapproval of the Republican lawmakers who had removed McCarthy from office.
The folks yelling we need to put out the house fire, started the fire. This started when 4% of Republicans voted to remove Speaker McCarthy. Then, we had another group refuse to support Scalise after he won by our rules. We can’t have a process when a few break the rules.
— Don Bacon 🇺🇸 🥓 ✈️ 🏍️ (@DonJBacon) October 16, 2023
According to an email that was made public, a lobbying firm affiliated with Senator Mitch McConnell was scheduled to participate in a teleconference with Representative Don Bacon on Monday evening.
🚨LEAKED: Email from lobbying firm with ties to Mitch McConnell organizing phone call tngt at 8 PM EST w/GOP Rep. Don Bacon
Bacon is 1 of 8 remaining “No” votes on Jim Jordan
If this gets 1k RTs, I’ll disclose the lobbying firm organizing against President Trump & Jim Jordan https://t.co/mlK9upxzP9 pic.twitter.com/G2NsXLxUpv
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) October 16, 2023
An email from No Labels was leaked on Monday afternoon, just before the floor vote for Jim Jordan scheduled for Tuesday.
In response to this, No Labels was organizing a phone call with Rep. Bacon.
Welp, that didn’t take very long – 1500+ RTs in 8 minutes!
Ask and ye shall receive
The lobbying firm organizing against President Trump and Jim Jordan is called:
No Labelshttps://t.co/mg3pAAXKMH
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) October 16, 2023
Congressman Bacon announced that he will be casting his vote against Representative Jim Jordan on Tuesday.
🚨Rep. Don Bacon (NE-2) is still a “No” on Jim Jordan for Speaker and just revealed he will vote against him tomorrow.
Donald Trump won Nebraska by nearly 20 points in 2020 and Trump has endorsed Jim Jordan.
Republicans in NE-2, Call 202-225-3121 and give him your thoughts pic.twitter.com/91GMQgS7SX
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 16, 2023
On Friday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was nominated for the GOP position of Speaker of the House by grassroots conservatives and several conservative groups.
This development angered many supporters of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who viewed it as a challenge to the Republican establishment.
In response to reports that a challenger would run in Tuesday’s vote for Speaker, Russell Dye, spokesman for Congressman Jordan, provided comment to The Gateway Pundit Sunday evening.
