[lodi90]

If this is so, who does have (or can muster) the votes?

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McCarthy is just trolling here. 10 Dems voting against Pelosi in this Congress has no meaning in the next Congress.

[irishjuggler]

McCarthy is just trolling here. 10 Dems voting against Pelosi in this Congress has no meaning in the next Congress.

Not exactly true. Speaker needs an outright majority, not just a plurality. If your aforementioned 10 won't vote for her in a full floor vote, then she's not speaker. The question is, if Pelosi can't get 218 (or a majority of an otherwise assembled quorum), then who can?

[SFConservative]

10 Dems voting against Pelosi in this Congress has no meaning in the next Congress.

This is specifically about the next Congress.