Two twists emerged Friday in the leadership race to replace retiring Speaker Paul D. Ryan. House Freedom Caucus founding member Jim Jordan said he’d consider a run while Ryan endorsed Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

“There is no speaker’s race right now,” Jordan told reporters. “Paul Ryan is the speaker. If and when there is, I’ve been urged by colleagues to consider that and I am definitely open to that. Right now though the focus has got to be on the next six months, us keeping the majority.”

Jordan is a tactical politician. His move is not about actually believing he could win a speaker’s race.

The Ohio Republican opted against a bid to chair the Oversight Committee last year because he knew he couldn’t get the support of the 32-member Republican Steering Committee that selects committee leaders and members. To think he could get the 218 votes needed to be elected speaker is a stretch — one Jordan probably doesn’t believe.

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