Posted on 10/12/2023 7:56:23 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise will not secure the 217 votes needed to become the chamber’s speaker, according to sources.
The House conference has been delaying bringing the nomination to the floor for a full vote, as several members tell me Scalise cannot win.
“There are as many as 20 members opposing Scalise,” one source said, noting almost all are “Jordan and McCarthy supporters,” referring to Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who lost to Scalise on a secret ballot for nomination to replace ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
Publicly, Jordan is supporting Scalise, but privately he has told others he will enter the race as soon as Scalise withdraws.
House GOP Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern, R.-Okla., and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R.-Minn., are also discussing plans to enter the speaker's race after Scalise exits. Both are also preparing to challenge Jordan.
Jordan lost the vote to Scalise among House Republicans Tuesday, 113-99.
Jordan then pushed for a motion that the House GOP's nominee must win 217 votes before the matter is brought to the floor. That motion was rejected by the conference.
Hern appears to be the sleeper candidate. He’s solidly conservative, supports former President Donald Trump, and is liked by moderates who won’t back Jordan.
Emmer, meanwhile, is a moderate opposed by Trump, which likely would doom his bid for the leadership position.
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Jim Jordan or BYRON DONALDS!
Need more info.
The Republicans are cementing their reputation of being unable to accomplish anything.
Wake me when we get someone better than McCarthy.
Rinse. Lather. Repeat................
They are doing what they do best - talking, infighting, and accomplishing nothing for their conservative base.
Good, l hope it’s true. Scalise=McCarthy=Ryan=Boehner. Scalise is deep state never Trumper.
I love that the deciding factor is Trump.
I would love to see them make him the speaker so so so much....
The budget vote in mid-Nov may be very interesting.
With such a narrow margin in the House, the Republicans have to be almost unanimous behind their man, when this goes to the full House for the vote. Stay tuned.
I like Scalise but he is not what we need right now in a Speaker of the House.
Noooo! According to some of the intellectual giants, the House not being to able to do ANYTHING is preferred!
My daughter's cat is better than McCarthy.
Any of our sheep would be better than McCarthy.
Either one of my sheepdogs is better than McCarthy.
Almost anyone is better than McCarthy.
That’s what I’d heard. It was just an act of petulance by the RINOs to vote for Scalise knowing he wouldn’t get the votes in the full House.
Why are they pushing this Hern guy? Nobody seems to know anything about him.
If you ask me, BYRON DONALDS is the best choice.
It lets Jordan continue his work in Impeachment Inquiry.
so, may Jordan or Donalds or someone completely new. Definitely no one that was part of McCarthy leadership.
And I was reminded this week of Jordan’s questionable past in the disgusting wrestling scandal. Maybe not him at all.
“BYRON DONALDS!”
Agreed
A very good choice
“Noooo! According to some of the intellectual giants, the House not being to able to do ANYTHING is preferred!”
Without the illusion of some sort of ability to accomplish something, anything, it will make being re-elected unlikely.
I hate Republican politicians. Sadly, they are the only alternative to the pure evil that is the Democrat party.
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