Rep. Steve Scalise, of Louisiana, defeated Rep. Jim Jordan, of Ohio, for the Republican nomination to be House speaker and replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

  • dhork@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This isn't the official vote, this is the Republicans holding a private meeting before the official vote, and then saying that, as a party, when they hold the real vote they will all vote for Scalise as a bloc.

    Only some of the Freedumb Caucus have said they won't go along. If enough don't, then we're back to eleventy billion votes again.