Jim Jordan claims he’ll throw weight behind Scalise for speaker but has NOT dissuaded allies from voting for him – fueling speculation he hasn’t counted himself out of the race

While Jim Jordan has said he is throwing his weight behind Steve Scalise for speaker, he appears to have made little move behind closed doors to dissuade his supporters from voting for him.

Jordan lost the GOP speaker nomination in a 113-99 internal vote on Wednesday. He insists he now supports Scalise, and even offered to give a campaign speech in support of the Louisiana congressman to help him get the top job.

“We have to come together and support Steve,” Jordan said en route to an all-conference meeting Thursday.

But members who say they will vote for Jordan on the House floor revealed they have not received a call from him asking them not to – fueling speculation that Jordan is not yet counting himself out in the race for the hammer.

While Jim Jordan has said he’s throwing his weight behind Steve Scalise for speaker, it appears he’s made little move behind closed doors to dissuade his supporters from voting for him.

“Oh, no, not at all,” said Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, a Jordan supporter, when asked if Jordan had called him to ask him to resign.

“He didn’t ask me to vote for him and he didn’t ask me not to vote for him,” Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., told DailyMail.com.

Freedom Caucus chairman Scott Perry confirmed he had also not received a call from Jordan asking him not to vote for him on the floor.

“No matter what, I will never vote for the status quo,” Perry posted on X Thursday morning, suggesting he was leaning against voting for the majority leader.

“I don’t vote more than this town wants,” he told DailyMail.com. “I’m just not going to do that.”

“It doesn’t look right now that Steve has the votes. So I don’t know why we were going to confirm it on the floor. I don’t see the need to do that,” he added.

Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., a member of the right-wing Freedom Caucus and a Jordan supporter, said he had not heard from the Ohio Republican.

So did Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., another member of the Freedom Caucus who declined to say who he would vote for.

Scalise, the number two House Republican, beat Jordan, chairman of the powerful Judiciary Committee, in a GOP “secret ballot” but now faces an uphill battle on the House floor as opposition swells.

With a narrow majority, Republicans can afford to lose just four votes to reach 217 and elect a speaker — but at least dozens insist they will vote for Jordan over the nominee.

Scalise’s headaches have only grown since he won the GOP nomination, as the list of Republicans who say they won’t vote for him has grown.

“I personally cannot, in good conscience, vote for someone who attended a white supremacist conference and compared himself to David Duke,” spokeswoman Nancy Mays, RSC, told CNN on Wednesday.

“I’m not voting for more than this town wants,” said Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry. “I’m just not going to do that”

“What the guys have been through, you know, my heart goes out to him, but part of me doesn’t think that’s probably the best condition to do such a difficult job,” spokesman Eli Crane said.

Scalise spoke at a conference hosted by former Klansman and white supremacist David Duke’s group in 2002, but later claimed he didn’t know what they stood for and said he regretted it.

Early in his political career, Scalise told a reporter from Louisiana that he was “like David Duke without the baggage.”

Defendant Rep. George Santos, RN.Y., said he would not vote for Scalise because he had not heard from him.

Others, such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., have expressed concerns about Scalise’s health — he is currently battling a blood cancer known as multiple myeloma.

“What the guys have been through, you know, my heart goes out to him, but a part of me doesn’t think that’s probably the best condition to do such a difficult job,” Crane said. “If anyone could do it, it’s probably Steve, but I think this country is in such big trouble. At the very least, you need someone in decent health.’