No offense, but it sounds like you have no idea what you're talking about.
1. The Speaker of the House is elected through a vote of the entire House of Representatives (Republicans, Democrats, and any others).
2. With 435 House members, the Speaker must get 217 votes (presuming all 435 are present and voting).
3. The Republicans have 221 seats in the House right now. The Democrats have 212, which means there are apparently two vacancies.
4. The Republicans just held a close-door vote to "nominate" their candidate for the House Speaker vote. Scalise won that vote, but he only got 113 votes in the process. 99 Republicans voted for Jim Jordan.
5. There's no rule anywhere that says every GOP House member must vote for the party's "nominee" for the Speaker vote, so the GOP will not have the votes to elect their own Speaker unless they get 217 of their 221 House members to support a candidate.
Scalise can't get those 217 votes because he's an establishment loser. The fact that he "won" the nomination vote should tell you everything you need to know about the Republican Party in Washington.
This kind of dysfunction is a GOOD thing.
“4. The Republicans just held a close-door vote to “nominate” their candidate for the House Speaker vote. Scalise won that vote, but he only got 113 votes in the process. 99 Republicans voted for Jim Jordan.”
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It what THAT I was referring to, the “close-door” vote!
They got their nominee didn’t they, right?
If we had republican gentlemen in the House, we would RESPECT that nomination.
Why do we organize a “close-door” vote if an hour later it’s not followed up upon anyway? We look like spoiled brats and fools. It’s a madhouse!
A Mad House.