What happened to rosendale (sp)?
Habemus Speakum.
And it’s over. McCarthy has been elected Speaker.
Nope, the presents can vote on second call
Uggg.
White Smoke over the Capitol at 12:30am Sat. Kevin McCarthy is now the new Speaker of the House.
For the Speaker election the second call is only for those who failed to vote on the first. Notice there was no “does anyone want to change” call.
Ummm … yeah I know that. But if you voted present you can cast your vote on the second call.
How if they don’t call you?
Did I miss something? Weren’t there like 5 presents on the first vote?
The last vote was present.
That is what I am trying to tell you: the vote of Present stays Present. The Clerk does NOT call their names again. They were not trying to get Gaetz to change on the fly last time around, they were telling him “oh fer crying’ out loud you %$#@*er”
Now McCarthy’s REAL trials and tribulations begin.
Who was the young guy sitting next to McCarthy? For a minute there, I was sure he was going to cry.
I’m wondering what he promised the holdouts. And if I had been a faithful McCarthy supporter through 15 rounds of voting, and they got something I’m not going to get, I’d be pissed.
Trials and tribulations, indeed.
What on earth is with all this escort craziness? It sounds like the entire Congress is escorting him.
There’s a lot of members of the California delegation, for one thing.
Well, Nancy Pelosi is being a good sport about it anyway, walking down with the rest of the Californians. I’m sure there are some people, but not necessarily anybody who is in the House tonight, who might just say, “Screw this; my party didn’t win the election; I’m leaving.”
Well, I guess it’ll look good on his resume, anyway. Not like he’ll have any power in the position with everything he gave away. What’s the over/under on how long he lasts?
My prediction is one Scaramucci or less.