Boebert says 'willing to ditch' House rules that allowed members to swiftly oust McCarthy as speaker

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert says she is “willing to ditch” the House rules that allowed members to swiftly vote out fellow GOP Congressman Kevin McCarthy as House speaker in an effort to have Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan become the next chamber leader.

The House Republican Conference in January implemented the rule – known as a "motion to vacate" – that allows any one member to begin the process of removing the chamber's speaker.

McCarthy effectively had to agree to the rule to win the speakership, but congressional Republicans are divided over  whether to keep or remove such a volatile tactic.

Boebert – among the GOP House members who originally pushed for the rule change – suggested she' willing to remove the rule as part of a strategy to get reluctant members of her conference to back Jordan, according to The Hill newspaper.

“There is a section of the conference that won’t vote for ANY Speaker until this rule is removed,” she said Thursday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “It is a mechanism based to ensure promises are kept by the Speaker. I’m willing to get rid of the rule if we get a Speaker who is trustworthy – and Jim Jordan is absolutely trustworthy.”

Jordan, who was endorsed for the job overnight by President Trump, is a founding member of the chamber's conservative House Freedom Caucus and is well liked by the ultra-conservative wing of his conference that led McCarthy's ouster.

However, he will also need to win over the conference's moderates to get the 218 votes to become the next speaker. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, is also competing for the post.