October 20, 2023
Well guys – I hate to be the one to tell you but — we are not going to have a House Speaker at all this week.
The House Republicans just held a private secret vote to confirm that Representative Jim Jordan will not get the votes he needs to be the Speaker so he needs to bow out. And it looks like that’s what’s going to happen.
The Republican conference is really angry right now. They’re angry at each other. They’re angry at the 8 Republicans who paved the way to fire Kevin McCarthy with no backup plan. And the House leadership says they need to take a breath. And that breath is going to last throughout the weekend. They are now in recess and won’t come back until next week.
So now some other republican is going to have to come forward. But who?
Well the Republican leadership’s plan is – all republicans who want to be Speaker must make it publicly known by Sunday. Then the Republican conference will have another candidate forum on Monday a conference vote on Tuesday morning and hopefully there will be a House floor on Tuesday or maybe Wednesday.
