Matt Gaetz blasts the House GOP secret ballot process that knocked off Jim Jordan as the party's speaker nominee: 'It's as swampy as swamp gets'

• Rep. Matt Gaetz on Friday expressed dismay at Jim Jordan's removal as the GOP speaker nominee.
• "It's as swampy as swamp gets, and Jim Jordan deserved better than that," Gaetz told reporters.
• Jordan's removal has thrown the race the wide open, with an array of new entrants looking to take on the role.

Rep. Matt Gaetz was a firm supporter of Rep. Jim Jordan's speakership bid, and he was none too thrilled when the House Republican conference on Friday voted in a secret ballot to drop the Ohio lawmaker as their party's nominee for the position.