Neither Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) nor Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), both of whom supported objections to the 2020 election, were said to have answered directly.
During the House GOP’s private Tuesday night forum with its two candidates for speaker, Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) asked a simple question of both Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio): Did Donald Trump win the 2020 election?
After Buck’s question, which was confirmed by multiple people with knowledge of the meeting, some Republicans interpreted Scalise and Jordan’s answers as equivocating on the validity of Trump’s loss to President Joe Biden. One Republican who was granted anonymity to discuss the exchange said that both speaker hopefuls “tried to have it both ways.” …
