Next Speaker of the House? (8 Viewers)

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    There’s a lot of doubt that Kevin McCarthy will be able to get enough votes to become Speaker. It certainly won’t happen on the first ballot. Already Boboert and MTG are publicly at odds over it.

    Maybe this is worth it’s own thread to watch. One person mentioned is Scalise.

     
    Tweet was deleted, so chances it is fake are probably high. 🤷‍♀️ But here it is for what it may be worth (or not)

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    Oh my gosh. The House is truly in Animal House mode, lol.
     
    Looks like the Rs agree they want to adjourn. At least there’s one thing, lol
     
    Loud booing. Animated conversations in the aisles of the House chamber. Sleeping children. Lawmakers scrolling on their phones.


    The typical live stream from the U.S. House is focused on the dais and the desks from which members of each party address the chamber.

    But this week brought an unusual amount of drama as the American public watched lawmakers struggle to select a new speaker.


    And that’s largely thanks to C-SPAN.

    The House Radio-TV Gallery told The Washington Post that C-SPAN was given permission in advance of the voting for its cameras to visually roam across the chamber. But once a speaker is confirmed, C-SPAN will go back to its normal procedure.


    Its cameras have captured the huddles of House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan (Ohio), a McCarthy ally who was nominated for speaker by conservative hard-liners over his own objections.

    The cameras also caught rare moments like New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez conversing with Arizona Republican Paul A. Gosar.

    Ocasio-Cortez later told MSNBC that they were discussing the possibility of Republicans working out a deal with Democrats to secure the votes McCarthy would need for the speakership.


    Their exchange was rather surprising. Gosar was censured by his colleagues last year after sharing an animated video on social media that showed him killing Ocasio-Cortez…….

     

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