Multiple members emerged from the House GOP’s speaker forum on Tuesday saying they don’t see either candidate being any closer to having the votes needed to secure the gavel on the floor.

Driving the news: “No one is close to 217,” Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) said after Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La) and Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) pitched members on why they believe they should be the next speaker.

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    1 year ago

    just flip that around. Any five GOP members could pick the next speaker if they were willing to make a deal with the Dems.

    The GOP is a crab bucket and I can’t wait until they gorge themselves to death on each other.