Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, was elected by House Republicans in a 106–73 secret ballot vote to lead the party beginning in January, as Democrats prepare to take control of both chambers following their midterm wins. Jordan told Fox News he intends to push through as much of the GOP agenda as possible before that happens.
“We’ve got to use the majority while we have a chance before the Democrats spend all the next Congress going after Republicans,” Jordan said in his first interview since the vote, speaking on “Hannity.”
Jordan’s election follows what the source describes as catastrophic midterm losses for the GOP, which led House Speaker Mike Johnson to step away from his leadership post. Separately, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was chosen again Tuesday to lead Senate Republicans’ minority.
A two-decade House veteran, Jordan is expected to serve as a leading defender of President Trump as Democrats move forward with investigations targeting his Cabinet, family and business interests.
“There’ll be a third impeachment. They can’t help themselves,” Jordan told Sean Hannity. “They’re going to go after everyone in the Cabinet — we’ve already seen that with Secretary of War Hegseth. They’re going to go after people in the private sector, which I think is ridiculous.”
Jordan said he expects Democrats to also turn their investigative focus on whoever emerges as the Republican presidential front-runner for 2028, naming Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as likely targets.
“For the Democrats, it’s all about politics and going after their political opponents,” he said. “And we are committed, as House Republicans — pushing back and giving the facts and the truth to the American people.”
Jordan said Republicans will make sure members show up for key lame-duck votes, contrasting that with 11 Democratic House members who were absent during a recent vote tied to efforts to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
“We’re going to work on making sure everyone is here, unlike the Democrats last night — we beat them on that vote because we have people here,” Jordan said. “We’re going to be doing that because we’ve got important things we need to try to get done in this lame-duck session while we still have the majority.”
Jordan framed the coming fight in blunt terms, accusing Democrats of pursuing what he called lawfare against Republicans while promising his party would keep working on behalf of voters.
“[Democrats] are going to do all this crazy lawfare stuff and these crazy investigations,” he said. “We’re going to be fighting for American families.”
