Reports are that Rep’s Jordan and Scalise do NOT have enough votes to nail the Speaker spot…..
Herd appears to be a nonstarter…..
Could Republicans bring McCarthy back with Democrats after all to give Gaetz and the WingNuts the finger?
McCarthy……
Look, the conference has to make that decision. I’m still a member. I’m going to continue to fight and act,” McCarthy said.
Pressed again on whether he would take the job again if the eight GOP members who opposed him retreated, McCarthy remained open to the possibility.
“Look, whatever the conference wants, I will do,” McCarthy said. “I think we need to be strong. I think we need to be united. The eight, in my view, don’t look to be — it was a personal thing.”
He expressed frustration with the Republicans who voted against a GOP-only stopgap proposal. The party’s repeated failure to pass a temporary funding bill that included spending cuts and policy provisions prompted McCarthy to pass a “clean” stopgap to avoid a government shutdown, infuriating the hard-line GOP members who then voted to oust him…..
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) said Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) should be reinstated as Speaker, NBC News reports.
Said Lawler: “I believe he is the right person to lead.”
Asked about his troubles getting 217 votes, Lawler said: “Well, who can? Does anybody have the votes? No.”