On Wednesday, House Republicans chose their candidate for speaker of the Hosue after a contentious hours-long meeting to decide who would lead their party after the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the speakership by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and his allies. However, a number of Hosue Republicans are in open revolt.
"I will not be voting for [Steve Scalise] on the floor this afternoon. The House GOP should NOT have called a vote at 300pm after finishing the vote at 130pm in Conference," wrote Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX). "That is unacceptable & purposeful."
https://twitter.com/chiproytx/status/1712166003952513449
"Surprises are for little kids at birthday parties, not Congress," Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) explained. "So, I let Scalise know in person that he doesn’t have my vote on the floor, because he has not articulated a viable plan for avoiding an omnibus."
https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1712163488888459762
The vote came down to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-FL) and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA). Both men were viable candidates for the position, but many GOP moderates saw Jordan as too conservative to advance as the leader of the conference.
Given this, the GOP conference, after taking a secret ballot, decided that Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) would be their nominee for speaker of the House after winning a majority of the Republican conference's vote.
The vote was 113 in favor of Scalise and 99 in favor of Jordan. Nine members voted present.
https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1712152166499078474
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
"I will not be voting for [Steve Scalise] on the floor this afternoon. The House GOP should NOT have called a vote at 300pm after finishing the vote at 130pm in Conference," wrote Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX). "That is unacceptable & purposeful."
https://twitter.com/chiproytx/status/1712166003952513449
"Surprises are for little kids at birthday parties, not Congress," Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) explained. "So, I let Scalise know in person that he doesn’t have my vote on the floor, because he has not articulated a viable plan for avoiding an omnibus."
https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1712163488888459762
The vote came down to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-FL) and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA). Both men were viable candidates for the position, but many GOP moderates saw Jordan as too conservative to advance as the leader of the conference.
Given this, the GOP conference, after taking a secret ballot, decided that Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) would be their nominee for speaker of the House after winning a majority of the Republican conference's vote.
The vote was 113 in favor of Scalise and 99 in favor of Jordan. Nine members voted present.
https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1712152166499078474
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
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