Buried in a Politico story about the only man aspiring to be House Speaker who actively attempted to thwart the Constitution Jim Jordan’s pressure tactics to get 217 Republicans to vote for him is a rather mundane line: Nebraska Republican Congressman Don Bacon “added that his wife even received multiple anonymous emails and texts saying: ‘your husband better support Jim Jordan.'”
Reporter Olivia Beavers’ Twitter post demonstrates the desperation Jordan’s supporters feel in their need to threaten the Congressman’s seat to his wife through an anonymous text messages. One rambling texter told Bacon’s wife that he better vote for Jordan because “you guys take five steps forward and then turn around take 20 steps backward no wonder our party always ends up getting screwed over[.]” Another anonymous texter told her, “Your husband will never hold any political office ever again. What a disappointment and failure he is.”