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.
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.
Seems like he got 113 votes. Votes needed for a simple majority was 111.
And he’ll need 217 votes to win the Speakership position. Will some of the 111 vote for him when it’s Scalise vs Jeffries? Sure, but if 8 Republicans vote against him, he won’t succeed.
This isn’t the official vote, this is the Republicans holding a private meeting before the official vote, and then saying that, as a party, when they hold the real vote they will all vote for Scalise as a bloc.
Only some of the Freedumb Caucus have said they won’t go along. If enough don’t, then we’re back to eleventy billion votes again.