Fox News’s Bret Baier to host televised forum with three Speaker candidates
by Emily Brooks and Dominick Mastrangelo - 10/06/23 9:44 AM ET
Fox News’s Bret Baier will host a televised forum for the three candidates for Speaker of the House — an unusual move that follows Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) unprecedented ouster as Speaker.
House Majority Leader Scalise (R-La.), House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) would participate in the event on Monday at 6 p.m.
The three men will all appear on the same stage together, according to two sources familiar with the plans, a format that Fox News is billing as a “joint interview” rather than a “debate.”
The network said Baier will “press the congressmen on who should be the next Speaker of the House and discuss the issues facing Congress and the Republican party going forward.”
Scalise and Jordan, who former President Trump endorsed for Speaker overnight on Friday, have both officially announced their candidacies. Hern, who leads the largest conservative caucus in the House, is considering a formal bid but has not yet launched one, aiming to contact every member of the House Republican Conference before announcing his decision.
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