House Republicans remain frustrated over the ongoing dysfunction in their conference as they struggle to coalesce around a path forward.
Rep. Troy Nehls told CNN that he’s fielding calls from his constituents about the ongoing chaos, adding that the GOP needs to “get our act together.”
“So there are a lot, I don’t want to say hurt feelings, but there are a lot of people that are just very frustrated right now about this whole process. But we’ve got to get our act together,” Nehls told CNN’s Manu Raju. “I’m getting calls from my constituents and saying, What the hell’s going on with you Republicans? Why can’t you — Why can’t you just seem to agree on something?”
He added: “It just seems like we are — I don’t want to say lost, but we’re dysfunctional right now.”
Nehls also indicated that if there is no path forward for Jordan he could be open to a move that would empower interim speaker Patrick McHenry.
“I’m with Jim Jordan right now. I’m with Jim Jordan, but after a while, I think people are gonna look at this thing, if there is no path for him, there’s got to be something else,” he said.
And Rep. Brandon Williams, a GOP freshman from New York who voted for Jordan, said that the ongoing chaos is a “self-inflicted wound” by the House Republican conference.
“I think it’s time to get a speaker. So who can get 217? That’s the real question. And my message has been when Matt Gaetz led the motion to vacate, he didn’t have a plan to govern afterward,” Williams said. “For people that are opposing Jim Jordan right now, do they have a plan that follows this? So if it’s not Jim, where do we go from here?”
He added later: “But we’ve got to have a plan because this is a self-inflicted wound on the Republican House and a self-defeating strategy.”
Reps. Mike Rogers and Jake Ellzey both refused to comment to CNN when asked this morning if they would continue to support Jordan.
“No comment, but it’s good to see y’all. Have a good morning,” Ellzey said.
Rogers also said: “No comment.”
