All total, 22 Republicans voted against Rep. Jim Jordan on the second ballot.
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who voted for Rep. Kay Granger in the second ballot, said in a statement that since she cast that vote, she has 'received credible death threats and a barrage of threatening calls.' She added that she cannot support 'a bully' and called for a consensus candidate to be the next speaker.Jordan, asked Thursday by CBS News' Nikole Killion about the death threats Miller-Meeks and others have received, called the threats 'terrible.
' Killion noted some lawmakers have complained about Jordan allies, who have assailed the Republican holdouts, and asked if he'd tell his supporters to back down.'I've said that many times — there's no place for that,' Jordan replied.In a tweet Wednesday, Jordan said he condemned 'all threats against our colleagues.' 'Stop. It's abhorrent,' he said.
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