Incoming House Minority Leader Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News that he plans to advance as much of the Republican agenda as possible while the GOP still controls Congress, ahead of Democrats taking charge of both chambers in January after their midterm victories.
Jordan made the comments on “Hannity” after House Republicans selected him in a 106–73 secret-ballot vote to lead the party’s minority in the lower chamber beginning in January.
“We’ve got to use the majority while we have a chance before the Democrats spend all the next Congress going after Republicans,” Jordan said in his first interview since winning the leadership contest.
The Ohio Republican’s election followed sweeping midterm defeats for the GOP that led House Speaker Mike Johnson to relinquish his leadership post.
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was also reelected Tuesday to lead Senate Republicans in the minority.
A two-decade House veteran, Jordan is expected to serve as President Trump’s leading congressional defender as Democrats prepare investigations into his Cabinet, family and business interests.
“There’ll be a third impeachment. They can’t help themselves,” he told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “They’re going to go after everyone in the Cabinet — we’ve already seen that with Secretary of War Hegseth. They’re going to go after people in the private sector, which I think is ridiculous.”
Jordan also forecast that Democrats would aim their investigations at Republicans viewed as potential contenders for the 2028 presidential nomination, specifically naming Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as possible targets.
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“For the Democrats, it’s all about politics and going after their political opponents,” he said.
“And we are committed, as House Republicans — pushing back and giving the facts and the truth to the American people,” he added.
Jordan pledged to keep Republicans on hand for important votes during the lame-duck session as the party seeks to pass as much legislation as possible before Democrats assume control of Congress.
He criticized the 11 House Democrats who were absent for a recent vote connected to efforts to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
“We’re going to work on making sure everyone is here, unlike the Democrats last night — we beat them on that vote because we have people here,” the Ohio congressman said. “We’re going to be doing that because we’ve got important things we need to try to get done in this lame-duck session while we still have the majority.”
Jordan said House Republicans would continue fighting for American families while opposing what he characterized as Democratic “lawfare.”
“[Democrats] are going to do all this crazy lawfare stuff and these crazy investigations,” he said. “We’re going to be fighting for American families.”
