众议院筹款委员会主席杰森·史密斯（共和党-密苏里州）呼吁推迟共和党领导层选举，认为共和党人需要在作为一个会议派别继续前进之前，对惨败的中期选举进行自我反省。
House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) called for GOP leadership elections to be delayed, arguing that Republicans need to self-reflect on their brutal midterm losses before moving forward as a conference.
“距离周二的选举还不到一周，我们需要了解我们是如何以及为何失去了美国人民的信任，”史密斯周一在X平台上写道。“作为一个会议派别，我们还需要解决我们的规则如何让成员得以投票反对规则、法案，甚至议长的问题。在解决这些问题之前就选出新领袖来领导我们的会议派别，是对我们选出的共和党领袖的不负责任。”
“We are less than a week removed from Tuesday’s elections, and need to understand how and why we lost the trust of the American people,” Smith wrote on X Monday. “We also need, as a Conference, to address how our rules have empowered members to vote against rules, bills, and even the Speaker. Failing to address these issues before choosing someone new to lead our Conference is doing a disservice to whoever we choose as Republican Leader,” he added.
共和党原定于周二举行领导层选举。《政治新闻网》率先报道，共和党将在周二上午举行两小时的候选人论坛，随后投票选出领袖、党鞭、会议主席及其他职位。众议院司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹（共和党-俄亥俄州）正在挑战众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯（共和党-路易斯安那州）竞争少数党领袖职位，而共和党研究委员会主席奥古斯特·普卢格（共和党-得克萨斯州）则与众院共和党党鞭汤姆·埃默（共和党-明尼苏达州）正面交锋。
Republicans are slated to hold leadership elections on Tuesday. Politico had first reported that Republicans will hold a two-hour candidate forum that morning before voting on the leader, whip, conference chair and other positions. House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is challenging House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) for minority leader, while Republican Study Committee Chair August Pfluger (R-Texas) is going head-to-head against House GOP Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.).
格雷格·斯图布众议员（共和党-佛罗里达州）和埃琳·霍钦众议员（共和党-印第安纳州）正在挑战现任共和党会议主席丽莎·麦克莱恩（共和党-密歇根州）。
Reps. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) and Erin Houchin (R-Ind.) are challenging current GOP Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.).
史密斯在其X帖文中表示，他认为斯卡利斯和乔丹都是“杰出的人选，完全胜任这份工作”。但他也指出，共和党“应推迟领导层选举，直到我们决定如何让彼此负责以及我们的前进道路应是什么。”
Smith said in his X post that he thinks both Scalise and Jordan are “outstanding men who are more than up to the job.”But he also noted that Republicans "should delay our Leadership elections until we decide how to hold each other accountable and what our path forward should be."
“我们的规则绝不能再允许领袖被个别成员的任性所挟持。我们能做得更好，也必须做得更好，”史密斯写道。
"Our rules must never again permit a Leader to be taken hostage to the whims of an individual member. We can and must do better," Smith wrote.