Posted on 01/05/2023 1:39:44 PM PST by Navy Patriot
The speaker of the House election appears headed for a tenth vote as Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and his allies continue to huddle with the 20 holdouts in his party throughout Thursday's votes.
The same group of GOP lawmakers that have been voting against McCarthy since Tuesday are blocking his candidacy on the ninth ballot. The only changes to yesterday's votes compared to the most recent round come from McCarthy foes Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who voted for Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK).
Gaetz (R-FL) had voted for former President Donald Trump on the prior two rounds. Hern continues to vote for McCarthy.
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Whaaat? Are you grasping, like at all, what’s happening here? Kevin McCarthy is a snake and a democrat clothed in rino fur. Wake up dude or dudette
He doesn’t want to and never will hold back radical Democrats. He’s there to promote them
Did I say McCarthy did?
I was responding to a poster that stated Trump should be Speaker.
It’s the opposite of his skill set and personality, along with the issue of running for POTUS.
I’ve always felt there was a certain level of naïveté in Trump’s picks for associates. Despite his rhetoric about the Deep State, he doesn’t really seem to have believed that anybody he knew - or who superficially expressed a personal loyalty to him - could be part of it.
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