Rep. Jim Banks slammed House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger for voting against GOP speaker nominee Jim Jordan, who lost his second ballot for the speakership Wednesday.
FIRST ON FOX: GOP Indiana Rep. Jim Banks called for House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas, to lose her gavel for voting against GOP speaker nominee Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. Banks caught up with Fox News Digital Thursday after Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., set the House to recess amid Jordan's speakership push.
Banks also called the ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., 'a big mistake' and that Republican holdouts 'need to come to their senses' and vote for Jordan. 'Some of them are leaders,' Banks said of the holdouts. 'The chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee voted against Jim Jordan. 'Why? Because Jim Jordan is a fiscal conservative who understands that we need to save our country by addressing the debt and deficit spending.
The House will reconvene Friday at 10 a.m. Jordan, the Republican nominee for speaker, spent much of the day talking with holdouts following a second failed vote to win the top job in the House. Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Elkind contributed reporting.
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