Rep. Jim Jordan walks through a media scrum in the Rayburn House Office Building today. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Republican caucus descended into a nasty and chaotic stalemate today, Axios' Juliegrace Brufke and Zachary Basu report.
Why it matters: Widespread backlash upended speaker nominee Jim Jordan's decision to pause his campaign and endorse a plan to temporarily empower interim Speaker Patrick McHenry.
Now Jordansays he's preparing for a third vote, which he's expected to lose by a sizable margin.
Inside the room: In a closed-door GOP meeting, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy screamed at Rep. Matt Gaetz to sit down when he went to speak, a source said.
Gaetz, a Jordan supporter who led the charge to oust McCarthy, called the plan a "constitutional desecration" and vowed to "do everything possible to stop it."
Rep. Jim Banks, an influential conservative, called the plan "the biggest F U to Republican voters."
