2026年11月12日 美国东部时间上午6:00 / CBS新闻
华盛顿讯 — 前众议院议长约翰·博纳曾将共和党下一任众议院党首、众议员吉姆·乔丹称作政治“恐怖分子”。
“我从未见过比他更热衷于破坏、却从未建设过任何东西、从未把任何事情整合起来的人，”这位前共和党领袖在2021年接受CBS新闻采访时表示。
周二，众议院共和党人选定乔丹担任下届国会的党内领袖，这是共和党领导层的重大变动，标志着他们在中期选举失去逾40个席位后准备应战。
乔丹是保守派团体“众议院自由党团”的创始成员，该团体经常让共和党领袖的立法工作举步维艰。作为有权势的众议院司法委员会的头号共和党人，他以在充满对抗性的听证会上对抗民主党人而声名鹊起。在该委员会期间，这位俄亥俄州共和党人曾为特朗普总统辩护，反对最初针对总统与乌克兰交往行为的弹劾调查。
“吉姆是个斗士，”纽约州共和党众议员妮可·马廖塔基斯表示，她认为曾是大学摔跤教练的乔丹能够团结党内各派系。“我认为本届国会我们未能取得更多成就的很大原因在于我们无法团结队伍。我认为吉姆·乔丹是一位所有人都尊重、能够凝聚各方力量的人。”
资料来源：共和党众议员、俄亥俄州众议员吉姆·乔丹，2026年11月10日在第120届国会当选众议院共和党少数党领袖后，于国会大厦对记者发表讲话。Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
南卡罗来纳州共和党众议员拉尔夫·诺曼在输掉参议院初选后即将退休，他表示乔丹代表着“党内愿意战斗的一方”。
诺曼暗示，党团选择乔丹而非现任路易斯安那州多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯担任该职务，是因为他“更能代表他们希望看到的少数党领袖形象”。
“没人比他更会辩论。没人比他更能战斗，”诺曼说。
众议院自由党团主席、马里兰州共和党众议员安迪·哈里森称乔丹是“出色的沟通者”，能够抗衡预计明年1月将成为众议院议长的纽约州民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯。
“我想看到他们首次正面交锋的场景，”哈里森说，“吉姆·乔丹在交锋中绝不会处于下风。”
代表路易斯安那州的众议院共和党议长迈克·约翰逊表示，十年前他首次当选国会议员时，乔丹曾是他的导师。两人还曾一同在司法委员会任职，之后约翰逊在2023年凯文·麦卡锡被历史性罢免后意外出任议长。
麦卡锡被罢免后，共和党人近一个月都未能就继任者达成一致，导致众议院陷入停顿。乔丹是未能获得足够支持的候选人之一，尽管他曾三次参选接替麦卡锡，最终还是放弃了。
这并非乔丹首次寻求众议院最高领导职位。2018年保罗·瑞安退休后，他曾参选议长但以失败告终。之后民主党夺回多数党地位后，他竞选少数党领袖同样以失利告终。
“他一直被党团视为领袖，他将出色地完成工作，”约翰逊在周二的领导层选举后表示。
乔丹或许被共和党同僚视为领袖，但他作为立法者的履历并不亮眼：他从未担任过在众议院获得通过的立法的主要提案人。
不过，对此次共和党少数党而言，通过法案可能并非目标所在。仅获共和党支持的任何措施都无法在众议院通过，尤其是在民主党拥有近90席多数的情况下。约翰逊认为，乔丹领导少数党将比他担任议长时更为轻松。约翰逊当时仅有少得令人艳羡的5席多数，为推动任何法案都必须不断协调共和党内的内斗以及特朗普不断变化的要求。
“处于少数派时，更容易维持团队团结，”约翰逊说。
除了抵制民主党人的调查和立法，乔丹将为哪些目标而战仍有待观察。重大的两党立法不太可能列入他的议程。但随着与特朗普理念一致的强硬派斯蒂芬·米勒出任特朗普新的白宫幕僚长，乔丹肯定会在白宫拥有一位强大盟友。
曾与乔丹一同在司法委员会任职的马里兰州民主党众议员杰米·拉斯金称乔丹是“一位极具天赋、才华出众的人”。
“我希望他能用这些天赋维护公共利益，而非为唐纳德·特朗普辩护，”他在周三表示。
当被问及周二是否能在下届国会与乔丹共事时，杰弗里斯对记者表示，“这仍有待观察。”他补充道，“他将不得不明确自己的前进方向。”
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With Jim Jordan as leader, House Republicans signal they’re ready to fight
November 12, 2026 / 6:00 AM EST / CBS News
Washington — Former House Speaker John Boehner once described Rep. Jim Jordan, the next House Republican leader, as a political “terrorist.”
“I just never saw a guy who spent more time tearing things apart, never building anything, never putting anything together,” the former GOP leader told CBS News in 2021.
On Tuesday, House Republicans selected Jordan to lead the party in the next Congress, a significant shakeup in the party’s leadership that signaled they’re ready for a fight after losing more than 40 seats in the midterm elections.
Jordan — who was a founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which routinely makes legislating difficult for GOP leaders — built his reputation confronting Democrats in combative hearings as the top Republican on the powerful House Judiciary Committee. There, the Ohio Republican defended President Trump against the first impeachment inquiry, which centered on the president’s conduct toward Ukraine.
“Jim’s a fighter,” said GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York, who sees Jordan, a former college wrestling coach, as someone who can unite the various factions in the party. “I think a lot of the reasons why we couldn’t get more done this Congress was because we could not unite the team. I think Jim Jordan is somebody who everybody respects and can bring everyone together.”
File: Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks with reporters in the Capitol after winning position of House GOP minority leader for the 120th Congress, Nov. 10, 2026. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
GOP Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, who is retiring after losing a Senate primary, said Jordan represents “the side of the party that’s willing to fight.”
Norman suggested that the conference chose Jordan over current Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana for the role because he “represented more of what they wanted to see as a minority leader.”
“There’s nobody that can debate any better. There’s nobody that can fight any more,” Norman said.
Republican Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, called Jordan a “superb communicator” who can go up against Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who is expected to become House speaker in January.
“I want to see the first time they go head to head,” Harris said. “Jim Jordan will hold his own in that.”
GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson, who represents Louisiana, said Jordan was a mentor to him when he was first elected to Congress a decade ago. The two also served on the Judiciary Committee together, before Johnson unexpectedly became speaker in 2023 after Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster.
After McCarthy was removed, Republicans struggled to coalesce behind a replacement for nearly a month, bringing the House to a standstill. Jordan was one of the candidates who failed to secure enough support, though he ran three times in the elections to replace McCarthy before giving up.
It wasn’t the first time Jordan sought the House’s top leadership position. He also failed in his 2018 bid to be speaker after Paul Ryan’s retirement. And he then ran unsuccessfully for minority leader after Democrats took back the majority.
“He’s always been regarded as a leader by the conference, and he’s going to do an extraordinary job,” Johnson said Tuesday after the leadership elections.
Jordan may be viewed by his Republican colleagues as a leader, but his record as a legislator is thin: He has never been a primary sponsor of legislation that passed in the House.
Then again, for this Republican minority, passing bills may not be the point. No measure that has only GOP support will get through the House, particularly not when Democrats are approaching a nearly 90-seat margin. Johnson thinks Jordan will have an easier time leading Republicans in the minority than he did as speaker. With his less enviable five-seat majority, Johnson has constantly had to navigate GOP infighting and Mr. Trump’s shifting demands to get anything through the House.
“It is easier to keep a group together when you’re in the minority,” Johnson said.
Beyond resisting Democrats’ investigations and legislation, it remains to be seen what Jordan will be fighting for. Significant bipartisan legislation is not likely to be on his agenda. But Jordan is sure to have a strong ally in the White House with the rise of likeminded hardliner Stephen Miller as Mr. Trump’s new White House chief of staff.
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who has served with Jordan on the Judiciary Committee, called Jordan “a guy of real talent and real gifts.”
“I wish that he would use them in defense of the public interest and not in defense of Donald Trump,” he said Wednesday.
Jeffries, when asked Tuesday whether he could work with Jordan in the next Congress, told reporters, “That remains to be seen.” He added, “He’s going to have to chart out where he moves forward.”
Jaala Brown contributed to this report.
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