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Even the so-called moderates repeatedly publicly that they absolutely would not work with Democrats. Any bipartisan solution was repeatedly shit on because they wanted to shut Dems out.

There really aren't any moderates left in the GOP - what remained of them were purged (if they didn't convert for political expediency) during the Trump years and 2022. Johnson, the guy they just elected Speaker, basically has basically no daylight between himself and Jordan and the rest of the HFC.

A lot of the publicly stated objection to Jordan was his extreme far-right views but they exposed that for the lie it was by falling behind Johnson. Their real problem with Jordan was that he was a very public asshole and grandstander about things and because they took issue with how he kneecapped Scalise's Speaker bid and felt he tried to "cut the line" when it wasn't "his turn."

Almost all these guys have very little policy difference when you look at their votes. Back when Emmer was the speaker-designee for *checks watch* 4 hours, Jim Banks said he would never vote for him because he was "the most liberal member in leadership." If you use ProPublica to compare their voting records they are a 92% match this Congress. And if you sort out votes on amendments to bills (which represent the vast majority of their differences) they have only differed on actually passing a bill 3 times.

What this really came down to IMO was that the HFC was adamant on defeating any speakership bid from someone who voted to certify the 2020 election (and Scalise) - and they did. The establishment wing tossed Jordan because, again, they loathed his antics - not his policy. They wanted an election denier as Speaker and they got it.