Chip Roy Says Jim Jordan as Minority Leader Represents ‘Change’ — Someone Who’s Challenged Trump

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ROY: "Well, look, first of all, Jim Jordan, Tom Emmer, both good friends of mine. They're both good men. Jim Jordan has had long history of challenging the established order. And look, including challenging President Trump, you know, all the way back in 2018, you'll remember, right in the fights over Goodlatte and immigration and border security, they had to hold up trying to lay pressure on the votes in order to try to force a stop to what they perceived as amnesty, I think rightly. And so there have been a number of times where Jim Jordan has done that. Tom Emmer has differentiated himself from the president at times. But, yes, when you're the leader and you're the whip, you're the -- you're heading up the party in your own body, you're obviously going to work very closely with the president and should work closely with the president. And Jim Jordan, though, does send a signal that it was a time for a change. And I say that with all due respect to Mike Johnson, a good friend who, by the way, had the class to say I'm going to step aside. You know, we lost. I wish the Senate had some changes over in the Senate. But Jim Jordan represents a change, a new individual to head up the party, and I think he'll be up to the challenge."