Speaker 1 (00:00):
... Congressman Jim Jordan's final failed power play for the house gavel. After three rounds, he is out. House. Republicans voted to drop Jordans as the nominee for speaker in a secret ballot on Friday, and the floodgates are now open. About a dozen Republicans have entered the race, and more are expected to file their candidacies before tomorrow's deadline. (00:21) Scott MacFarlane reports from Washington.
Speaker 2 (00:24): For Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, his race to be speaker, second in line to the presidency, was like quicksand.
Speaker 1 (00:31): Speaker has not been elected.
Speaker 2 (00:33): The harder he fought, the deeper he sunk.
Speaker 3 (00:36): It's time from him to step down, get somebody with a clean slate with no baggage.
Speaker 2 (00:40): Bleeding support, Jordan was forced to leave the race, ending a fight that included anonymous threats against Republicans who had voted against him on the House floor. At least three members acknowledged they received threats, and Nebraska Republican Don Bacon reported his wife got anonymous text messages that her husband wasn't a team player.
Speaker 4 (00:58): I think any efforts at any level to try to intimidate, or to try to pressure first backfire, and second place are unacceptable and have to be rejected in the strongest of terms.
Speaker 2 (01:11): Jordan denied he or his allies had any involvement in the threats. (01:15) Some of your colleagues feel threatened, is there more you can do to tamp that down?
Speaker 5 (01:20): There's no place for that, we've been totally against that.
Speaker 2 (01:23): Nearly three weeks after voting to remove then-speaker Kevin McCarthy, the House remains stalemated with Republicans unable to unify behind a successor.
Speaker 6 (01:32): It's astonishing to me and we are in a very bad position as a party.
Speaker 2 (01:38): Several new candidates to be the next speaker of the House floated their names Friday night and there'll be a candidate's forum here Monday night. But for whoever runs in this race, with all the fractures revealed over the past few weeks, it'll be a steep climb to the necessary 217 votes. (01:55) For CBS Saturday Morning, Scott MacFarlane, the Capitol.