- Rep. Steve Scalise, of Louisiana, defeated Rep. Jim Jordan, of Ohio, for the Republican nomination to be House speaker and replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
- House Republicans met last night to hear from the two candidates during a closed-door forum. Many emerged pessimistic that they would be able to agree on a new speaker today.
- House Republicans are set to meet privately today at 10 a.m. to vote for the next speaker by secret ballot before calling for a floor vote. The process could drag on for hours or days.
- Democrats are backing Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, of New York — a formality since they lack the votes to pick the speaker.
- The race was triggered when Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., made a motion to vacate the chair of speaker and won a majority vote when all Democrats and eight Republicans voted against McCarthy.
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Capitulate!
Dem is President in 2025!
more of the same BS.
Somebody who knows more than me can comment more intelligently, but to my understanding this is not much of a change. Not going to get where we want with this one.
wikipedia hates him. He gets my vote on that, alone.
MAGA will not be pleased. Scalise wanted Trump out of office over J6. He’s tight with McCarthy. His health is not good. He’s a rino. Once again the elephants had a chance but they sided with the uniparty.
I told ya we’re finished.
Scalise represents the Liberal RINO contingency of the GOP.
Another Boehner, Ryan, McCarthy democrat appeaser.
The GOP House has set their expectations very, very low, they should have no problem meeting their “no goals” agenda. More Debt, more taxes, more wasted money for foreign entanglements, more biden spending and more corruption.
Scalise learned one thing, make no promises and you’ll not be held accountable.
We are so screwed!
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
C’mon all you cynics, give him a shot at the job!
More of the same. I expect nothing good to come if it. Like the doomsday clock, we move ever closer to midnight.
Depends on the clothing accessories he wears….
if he shows up on the first day wearing knee pads then no changes…but if he wears big boy pants and is truly a “MAGA” Republican then okay.
At least he’s not Pelosi. But he’s McCarthy.
Hehe, Cynic..”Shot at the job”.
Good one.
scalise was shot during
a baseball game practice by
a guy who hated republicans.
maybe he learned something…jus’ sayin
I wanted Jim but maybe they feel Scalise has better chance to get in. Still we’re screwed.
The South shall rise again…
Well, at least he’s not from California, so there’s that.