Buckle in. Tonight could be long, even if they get a speaker. A rules revolt is forming, so perhaps the votes are not as locked in as they thought.
Gavel strike.
Chatter is they should expect to be there past 2 and maybe 3 am
Gawd, the lipstick they’re trying to put on this pig just turns my stomach.
Voting has started no alternate name has been put forward.
Wonder if it’ll work.
– the other problem, of course, is that people who agreed to something when they were too tired to think often renege, in one fashion or another, once they’ve had some sleep.
Biggs votes for Jordan
Boebert votes Present. It’s over
Boebert is Present.
Crane for Biggs
Interesting though that when the applause broke out after Boebert voted present they cut to her and she was shaking her head as if to say no. Curious why.
Gaetz didn’t vote. Waiting until the second call, perhaps?
Wants to be the power putz.
Yes, presumably to be a dick. He can make us wait until the end to know the result now.
Good voted for Jordan.
Gaetz may be doing the math for a heroic last voter puts McCarthy over the top.
Which is exactly what Adam Kinzinger just said on CNN 10 seconds after I typed this. Yay, me!
What was the last big applause for?
She’ll get another chance to vote to correct it if it was a mistake by the reading clerk.
So Biggs and Crane held firm, but Boebert changed to Present so far? And maybe Good did too? That may have been the applause.
Rosendale and Gaetz left. I’m guessing Gaetz wants to be the last one just because that’s who he is.
Hunt. Had to go to TX because his wife went into preterm labor, had to rush back after the birth.
Jeffries voting for himself.
Oh, that makes sense. Couldn’t imagine Good backed down. So still 3 non-McCarthy votes, with two possibles remaining.