Republicans HUMILIATED As Scalise Admits House Speaker Standoff Reality
October 13, 2023
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as posted by the channelHouse Republicans continue to look worse as their selected Speaker of the House nominee, Steve Scalise, withdraws from candidate consideration revealing the house is still impossibly divided and cannot work together after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as House Speaker. Francesca Fiorentini and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report.
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Scalise Withdraws as Speaker Candidate, Leaving G.O.P. in Chaos
"Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana withdrew on Thursday from consideration for the speakership he was on the cusp of claiming after hard-line Republicans balked at rallying around their party’s chosen candidate, leaving the House leaderless and the G.O.P. in chaos.
After being narrowly nominated for speaker during a Wednesday closed-door secret-ballot contest among House Republicans, Mr. Scalise, their No. 2 leader, found himself far from the 217 votes needed to be elected on the House floor. Many supporters of his challenger, Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, the right-wing Republican endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump, refused to switch their allegiance.
With no clear end in sight to the G.O.P. infighting that has left one chamber of Congress paralyzed at a time of challenges at home and abroad, Mr. Scalise said he would step aside in hopes that someone else could unite the fractious party."
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