Republicans in the 118th Congress are in disarray. Go figure.
All of the Democrats are reportedly planning on being in attendance. That means Kevin McCarthy (r) needs 218 votes to become the next Speaker. The math does change if anyone votes “present”.
Pass the popcorn.
At this point, with less than half the votes cast, 11 republicans have voted for someone other than Kevin McCarthy (r) as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on the first ballot. Unless those votes are changed, there’s going to be at least another ballot.
Waiting for the “Republicans in Chaos” headlines.
We have plenty of popcorn.
Well, it looks like there’ll be a third ballot. Gym Jordan (r), seriously?
That’s the end of the third ballot. A shift of one vote from Kevin McCarthy (r) to Gym Jordan (r).
On to the fourth ballot.