United States: Trumpist Jim Jordan elected leader of Republican deputies

Trumpist MP Jim Jordan was named head of the next Republican minority in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, this ultraconservative elected official expected to guide his camp after their recent defeat in the mid-term elections. This head of the judicial committee had promised a breaking line to beat the current No. 2 Republican deputies, Steve Scalise.

“Jim is a bold and courageous leader of principle – and a strong communicator – who will fight the Democrats' communist and anti-American agenda at every step,” Texas Congressman Keith Self said on social media following the closed-door election. According to several American media, Jim Jordan received 106 votes and Steve Scalise, 73.

Former university wrestling champion and coach, Jim Jordan has long prided himself on being “one of the most conservative elected officials in Congress.” This deputy from Ohio pleads for budgetary austerity and the reduction of the role of the federal state, but also for a strong fight against immigration.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, had decided not to run for this position of leader of the Republican minority following the disastrous results of his camp in the midterms of November 3. The final results remain to be determined, but the Republicans lost at least forty seats to the Democrats.

In the Senate, where the Republicans will also lose the majority from January and the inauguration of the newly elected, an election must also take place on Tuesday to designate the new leader of the Republican minority. John Thune, South Dakota senator and former majority leader, is in the running for reappointment at the head of his troops, but several of his colleagues have expressed their dissatisfaction with the line he has held.