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Sunnydaze's avatar

It is imperative that McCarthy NOT be speaker. And whoever they get besides him better be well thought out. There are very few choices though. I’m not holding my breath that McCarthy will be thrown out. The rinos are powerful too. Ugh.

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Martha's avatar

It wouldn't surprise me to see a number of Democrats to vote "present", which would take away the ability of the five holdouts to block McCarthy for Speaker...

From the url below: "As Glassman noted, there are some options for the members to break a long-lasting deadlock, including some members voting “present” to lower the number of votes needed for a majority."

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-democrats-rcna62141

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Sunnydaze's avatar

Well of course! Why on earth would voting be cut and dry 🤦🏼‍♀️ when there are ways around making the votes count. 🙄 I just lost the last 1% of hope I had that Mcarthy wouldn’t be selected in. 😒

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Willing Spirit's avatar

I definitely recommend that you do not hold your breath!

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