Posted on 01/03/2023 11:50:57 AM PST by Red Badger
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has fallen short during the first ballot vote for speaker, forcing additional rounds of balloting until one candidate is able to secure a majority in the House of Representatives. No candidate running for speaker has lost a first-round vote in a century. At the end of the first ballot, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), leader of the Democratic caucus, received 212 votes, while McCarthy received 203.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) received 10, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) received six, Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) received one, former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) received one, and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) received one.
Here are the Republican members of the House who did not support McCarthy’s bid for speaker of the House.
Biggs voted for himself
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) voted for Biggs
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) voted for Jordan
Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK) voted for Banks
Rep. Mike Cloud (R-TX) voted for Jordan
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) voted for Biggs
Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) voted for Biggs
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) voted for Biggs
Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) voted for Biggs
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) voted for Biggs
Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) voted for Zeldin
Rep.-elect Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) voted for Jordan
Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) voted for Jordan
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) voted for Biggs
Rep. Brandon Ogles (R-TN) voted for Jordan
Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) voted for Biggs
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) voted for Biggs
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) voted for Donalds
Rep.-elect Keith Self (R-TX) voted for Jordan
Ahead of the vote, McCarthy acknowledged the defectors and the possibility he could lose on the first ballot, saying the process will go on until he has enough support to win.
"If what's holding up today is simply about a few members who want something they haven't earned, we can't give in to that. We have to be strong," McCarthy said as he walked into the House chamber Tuesday afternoon.
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It looks like the opposition hasn’t coalesced around one candidate.
Oh no, representative democracy is at work. Someone tell them to vote how the right people expect them to vote.
I see Oklahoma replaced Mullin with someone with balls.
Hearn is a disappointment.
“”If what’s holding up today is simply about a few members who want something they haven’t earned, we can’t give in to that. We have to be strong,” McCarthy said as he walked into the House chamber Tuesday afternoon.”
And that’s why McCarthy should not be speaker.
Bad boys bad boys what you going to do ,LOL
well... this is also the same thing the dems do, and look how powerful a group they are since they all stick together.
Why not run a yellow dog for speaker on the republican side. Maybe these idiots can come to a consensus.
I thought that’s what McCarthy was..................
McCarthy has already lost the 2nd vote, as 5 Republicans have already voted
against him And the vote is still early.
“They” are threatening to kick any who don’t embrace MCCarthy as Speaker off of all committees. Deep State Scumbags
I nominate Alex Jones for Speaker!
15 dummiies...
Kinda ridiculous at this point.
Rinse and repeat until someone has a majority.
Lol 👍🏻
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“If what’s holding up today is simply about a few members who want something they haven’t earned, we can’t give in to that. We have to be strong”
Those few members have earned the right to vote against Kevin..
And how did Kevin "earn" the speakership? Was it his alignment with Paul Ryan?
“few members who want something they haven’t earned, we can’t give in to that.”
Just who in the Eff does he think earned something? Him? They were voted in by the people in their districts and this asshole hasnt one GD thing to say about it!
Fu*k that SOB!
I hope the republicans don’t screw this up and allow the democrats to skim off enough RINO votes to elect a Democrat speaker. That would be so GOP. A republican majority with a democrat speaker setting the agenda and assigning the committee seats.
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