Republican Rep. Steve Scalise has dropped out of the Speaker of the House race…
Prior to that Republican Rep. Dan Bishop went on Charlie Kirk’s “podcast” and said the only person who can achieve 217 is Ohio Republican Jim Jordan…
.@RepDanBishop to @charliekirk11 on House Speaker race: “The person who can get to 217 is Jim Jordan.” pic.twitter.com/V4m2KOb7lL
— Human Events (@HumanEvents) October 12, 2023
*Flashback*
Rep. Steve Scalise has won the House GOP’s nomination for speaker in a secret ballot vote. The final vote tally was 113 for Scalise and 99 for Rep. Jim Jordan.
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 11, 2023
CNN’s Manu Raju explains the vote threshold needed to become House speaker. https://t.co/dgOEEk2psy pic.twitter.com/sZIZ6gAP0a
It’s possible, Jordan has the votes–but…
NEWS: Rep. Tom McClintock has sent out a “Dear Colleague” letter asking members to condemn the motion to vacate vote to oust McCarthy and renominate him as speaker. pic.twitter.com/UIKREJl12F
— Mica Soellner (@MicaSoellnerDC) October 13, 2023
Obviously, this also follows a radical and controversial rule change proposal from McClintock that sought to boot members from the GOP conference who vote against leadership.
— Mica Soellner (@MicaSoellnerDC) October 13, 2023
Steve Scalise failing to sway key holdouts as they leave meeting with him. Several are still NOs.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 12, 2023
Rep. Carlos Gimenez left the meeting in the same spot. “I’m for McCarthy.”
Rep. Self: “It’s fairly obvious to everyone that Steve Scalise does not have the votes.”
Hearing some GOP opposition to Jim Jordan — he’s not a sure bet to 217, per multiple Republicans. Unclear if he gets a challenger
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 13, 2023
Rep. Ann Wagner says Jim Jordan is a NON STARTER for her.
— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) October 13, 2023
Rep. Mike Garcia will back him but thinks he’ll have a “math problem.”
Rep. Don Bacon keeping powder dry but worried about “rewarding bad behavior.” https://t.co/VPjwA05C3L
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