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As Ohio Representative Jim Jordan<\/strong> rushes to secure the necessary votes in advance of a Tuesday vote for Speaker of the House, he and his allies are activating a public pressure campaign, attempting to rally the GOP base into strong-arming wavering lawmakers who are either ideologically opposed to the far-right congressman or soured by his faction\u2019s responsibility for sending the House into unprecedented turmoil over the past two weeks.<\/p>\n Jordan allies are hoping that when House members return to Capitol Hill after the weekend recess, it will generate local pressure from the GOP base for the party to rally around the Ohio congressman, who has forged close ties with former President Donald Trump.<\/strong> \u201cEverybody\u2019s going to go home, listen to their constituents, and make a decision,\u201d said Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett<\/strong> of Tennessee. \u201cHonestly, the grassroots, there\u2019s nobody stronger\u201d than Jordan.<\/p>\n Several GOP representatives and conservative activists are working to fan public support for Jordan, taking to social media to browbeat likely \u201cno\u201d votes into supporting the Ohio politician. \u201cYou want to explain to your voters why you blocked Jordan?\u201d Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna wrote<\/a> on X, formerly known as Twitter, late Friday evening. \u201cThen bring it.\u201d<\/p>\n Several Jordan supporters have posted the phone numbers of House members considered likely holdouts, encouraging constituents to flood their representatives with pro-Jordan calls, reports<\/a> The New York Times.<\/em><\/p>\n It\u2019s a controversial strategy that Texas Representative Dan Crenshaw<\/strong>, a Jordan supporter, called \u201cthe dumbest thing you can do\u201d in a Sunday interview with CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m supporting Jordan. I\u2019m going to vote for Jordan. As someone who wants Jim Jordan, the dumbest thing you can do is to continue pissing off those people,\u201d Crenshaw said. \u201cWhen I ask people who are taking that tack, I\u2019m like, \u2018Did that work on you, when you were one of the 20 against McCarthy, and everybody was bashing you?\u2019\u201d he added. \u201cEverybody\u2019s got to grow up, get it together. If there\u2019s differences, let\u2019s sort them out.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s been clear that Jordan will face an uphill battle since his nomination<\/a> on Friday, after which a second private vote revealed that 55 members were opposed to his speakership. Jordan can only afford four GOP defections in the likely scenario in which the Democrats vote unanimously against him.<\/p>\n An anonymous senior GOP House member told<\/a> CNN Sunday that there are roughly 40 \u201cno\u201d votes within the caucus, and that he\u2019d personally heard from 20 members who have pledged to block Jordan\u2019s path to the top House job if he forces a vote on the floor Tuesday. \u201cThe approximately 20 I\u2019ve talked to know we must be prepared,\u201d the representative said. \u201cWe cannot let the small group dictate to the whole group. They want a minority of the majority to dictate, and as a red-blooded American, I refuse to be a victim.\u201d<\/p>\n But some close to Jordan believe he can capitalize on moderate Republicans\u2019 allergic reaction to the public revolts and political brinkmanship that have typified the GOP\u2019s hard-right flank. \u201cThese 60 members are not voting against Jordan on the floor,\u201d Russell Vought<\/strong>, a Jordan ally and president of the Center for Renewing America, a pro-Trump think tank, wrote<\/a> on X. \u201cTake it to the floor & call their bluff.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n