Republicans on Friday abandoned Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid for House Speaker. They made the decision in a closed session after Donald Trump’s stubborn ally was not elected in the third round.

Mr. Jordan then simply said of his colleagues: We asked them the question, they made a different decision.

The chairman of the Judiciary Committee said House Republicans need to come together now and Determine who will be “the” president.

The impasse in the House is escalating into a full-blown crisis as Republicans lack a realistic plan to unite the party’s fractured majority, elect a new president and get back to work in the faltering Congress. Since the hardliners had overthrown Kevin McCarthy earlier this month.

Majority Leader Steve Scalise said they would Come back and start again Monday.

Angry and frustrated Republicans, seeing their majority control descend into chaos, walked out of the closed session blaming each other for the divisions they had created. The next steps are very uncertain as lawmakers begin to develop new ideas for a possible president, but it appears that no one can secure the Republican majority at this time.

We are in a very bad situation right nowMr McCarthy had previously said.

In a vote on Friday morning – Mr. Jordan’s third attempt – his candidacy was rejected by 25 of his Republican colleagues, a result worse than what he had experienced earlier in the week and far from the required majority.

With a Republican majority in the House of Representatives of 221 to 212, each candidate has few critics to lose. It appears that no Republican can currently secure a clear majority, 217 votes, to become president.

Many felt that the extremism of Mr. Jordan, a founding member of the House Freedom Caucusa right-wing extremist group, disqualified him from the presidency of the House of Representatives, a central seat of American power.

One thing I cannot tolerate or tolerate is bulliessaid in a statement Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Republican of Iowa, who voted against Mr. Jordan in the runoff and said she had received credible death threats.

Biden’s relief plan

An extraordinary idea that would give the incumbent speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry, more power over the next few months to at least bring the House back into session and conduct important business was quickly rejected by Mr. Jordan’s ultra-conservative allies.

Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries reiterated that his party is doing so ready, willing and able to work with more mainstream Republicans on the path to reopening the House, especially as Congress is asked to consider President Joe Biden’s aid package for Israel, Ukraine and the handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, among other things.

Promoting Mr. McHenry to the rank of expanded House Speaker could be a possible way out of the crisis, but it would not be as politically easy as it seems.

Republicans are reluctant to work with Democrats on a bipartisan basis on this deal, and it is highly unlikely that Republicans alone can agree to give Mr. McHenry more power because that approach displeases their party-line supporters.

Mr. McHenry himself has rejected attempts to take over the position permanently.