Legislative Record: Rep. Timmons casts vote for 'principled' U.S. House speaker (updated)
TRAVELERS REST, S.C. – Following weeks of infighting, the Republican Party elected Louisiana lawmaker Mike Johnson as the U.S. House speaker Wednesday. The chaotic period followed the removal of Kevin McCarthy by an eight-member faction of Republicans who led the effort with no alternative plan in place, putting a functioning government on hold in the process.
U.S. Rep. Will Timmons (Republican, S.C. Dist. 4), who originally voted three times for Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, an election denier who has been unable to pass a single piece of legislation is his 16-year legislative career, as McCarthy's replacement, rallied behind Johnson, who vigorously fought to overturn the 2020 election, tweeting:
