Sounds like we may have 6 votes (Gaetz and crew) at least to vacate from Rs. Including potential others who are unknowns.
Assuming all the Ds also vote then that would be enough to vacate.
We get to repeat the spectacle of the House trying to elect a Speaker. Democrats will vote in unison, while Republicans will flail wildly before finding some kind of compromise candidate.
Yeah… I’m not really sure what the hell they’re going to do. It would be hilarious if some moderate Republicans basically went “fuck this noise” and voted for Jeffreys.
Sounds like we may have 6 votes (Gaetz and crew) at least to vacate from Rs. Including potential others who are unknowns.
Assuming all the Ds also vote then that would be enough to vacate.
Then what? Who knows~
We get to repeat the spectacle of the House trying to elect a Speaker. Democrats will vote in unison, while Republicans will flail wildly before finding some kind of compromise candidate.
McCarthy was the compromise candidate though…
Yeah… I’m not really sure what the hell they’re going to do. It would be hilarious if some moderate Republicans basically went “fuck this noise” and voted for Jeffreys.