‘Why Is Your Husband Such a Pig?’ Threatening, Sordid Pressure Campaign for Jordan Escalates as House GOP Descends Into Bickering

Threats of violence against representatives and infighting in the House GOP is ramping up.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite
Representative Jim Jordan at the Capitol, October 16, 2023. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

As Congressman Jim Jordan redoubles his efforts in pursuit of the speakership, the unofficial — and sometimes threatening — pressure campaign against holdouts within the House Republican conference is ramping up, and the conference is descending into petty bickering.

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