Steve Scalise PANICS After House Speaker Nomination Descends Into Chaos
October 12, 2023
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as posted by the channelSteve Scalise is nominated by Republicans to be the House Speaker replacement after Kevin McCarthy was ousted, but Scalise's grip on votes is quickly fading as more members jump ship to become detractors before the official vote arrives. Rayyvana and Jackson White break it down on The Damage Report.
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G.O.P. Nominates Steve Scalise for Speaker but Postpones Full Vote
"Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana narrowly scraped together enough Republican support on Wednesday to become his party’s choice to lead the House, but deep divisions in the G.O.P. ranks threatened to complicate his election as speaker.
Mere minutes after a slim majority of Republicans voted in a closed-door party meeting to select him as the party’s candidate, Mr. Scalise’s fate was thrown into doubt. Several Republican lawmakers announced they would not back him on the House floor without concessions, complaining of a rushed process to choose a new speaker and voicing skepticism that he could unite their fractious conference.
Republicans delayed an election of the full House that had been planned for midafternoon while the party regrouped, and adjourned on Wednesday evening with no resolution. They scheduled another meeting of the House for noon on Thursday, but there was no sign that the G.O.P. was any closer to an agreement that would allow them to elect a speaker at that point."
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