Fox News host Brian Kilmeade laughed off a hot mic moment this week after he remarked Dumbass! when a House Republican didnt vote for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to be the chambers next speaker.

Kilmeade said he was on the set of the networks Outnumbered program when he reacted to Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) declining to support Jordans speaker bid in a roll call vote on the House floor Tuesday.

I did not know my mic was open, said the host on The Brian Kilmeade Show Wednesday.

Kilmeade added that his words were later being carried everywhere, and claimed that no ones really upset over his jab at Bacon, whose wife reportedly received anonymous text messages pushing for the Republican to back Jordan.

No one said Im wrong that I said it, said Kilmeade, who referred to the House GOP as a carnival of idiots prior to the hot mic moment.

I am stunned. Ive never seen somebody commit political suicide, a group of people commit political suicide like this, he said. And then after two weeks of therapy, people going home on their own and coming back, theyre still doing the same thing.

Bacon is one of several Republicans who supported former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in both House floor votes for speaker this week.

Jordan who can only afford to lose the support of four House Republicans in a floor vote couldnt secure the backing of 22 GOP colleagues in a second attempt to win the speaker position on Wednesday.

H/T: Mediaite