[MayflowerMadam]

“She voted ‘present’
Doesn’t make her a ‘phony’.”

Exactly. Many of those who voted present, or for another person, did it because their constituents were adamantly opposed to McCarthy. Representing constituents is why they’re there in the first place. Too bad most of them forget that the minute they step in to DC.

[SmokingJoe]

At the end of the day, a Republican would have had to be voted Speaker.
You can't be Speaker with them 20 no votes.
You negotiate a good deal with McCarthy, then vote “present” if you are still totally against McCarthy.
Good compromise. You can't keep voting forever.
Its funny how you Dem trolls here are suddenly pro conservative n The Speaker vote, when you have spent all your time here pushing left wing propaganda