Jim Jordan Nominated as House Speaker Candidate by US House Republicans Amid Intraparty Divisions

US House Republicans have nominated right-wing figure #JimJordan, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, for House Speaker in a closed-door voting amid continued intraparty divisions.

Jordan, co-founder of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, won a vote of 124 to 81 over #AustinScott, an ally of the ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who just announced he would seek the nomination hours earlier on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.

In a closed door voting on Wednesday, Jordan lost the Republican Speakership nomination to House Majority Leader #SteveScalise in a vote of a 99-113. However, Scalise failed to garner enough support within the party and announced on Thursday he was withdrawing from the race.