Even though Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., eventually voted for Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., to stay on as House speaker, his initial vote has spurred talk about the South Carolina congressman being primaried, The Washington Times reported on Saturday.

On Friday during the vote for speaker of the House, Norman originally voted for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, which would have put Johnson’s speakership in peril. Following a call from President-elect Donald Trump inititated by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., Norman asked the clerk to change his vote to Johnson.

Yet that last-minute change of heart wasn’t enough for some in Norman’s state with Wesley Donehue, a GOP strategist in South Carolina, calling for Norman to be primaried.

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