For Speaker of the House: they are now conducting the seventh vote in three days.

For the rollcall vote, each member's name is called by the Clerk, and then the member stands up and says their choice.
 

Gaetz just stood up and said "Trump". Really.

Edited January 5, 20232 yr by janea4old

16 minutes ago, janea4old said:

 

 

Gaetz just stood up and said "Trump". Really.

Seriously what idiot people voted for Gaetz? The guy is truly nuts.

20 minutes ago, janea4old said:

For Speaker of the House: they are now conducting the seventh vote in three days.

This is fascinating....

 

 

Seventh vote results:

Nobody got the 218 votes required to win Speaker.

201 - Repub. Kevin McCarthy

212 - Dem. Hakeem Jeffries

19 - Byron Donalds (Republican from Florida)

1 vote for Donald Trump (by Matt Gaetz)

1 vote as "present" (by Victoria Spartz of Indiana)

434 total.

(There are 435 seats but one member from Virginia died and there will be a special election to fill his seat in February).

(Byron Donalds has served only two years in the House.)

___________
These are the same results as the prior few votes -
except that Gaetz switched from Byron Donalds to Donald Trump.

Edited January 5, 20232 yr by janea4old

This is even funnier than I expected in November. And I expected it to go badly for McCarthy.

I don't suppose 6 Republikkkans would eventually say "f--k it" and cast their vote for Hakeem? Dare to dream. 

This whole hysterical exercise is also important in that it forces/shames the Beltway into reporting more thoroughly, if not entirely honestly, on the dysfunction of the GOP.

In so much lazy 'both sides' reporting there is still often a preexisting right-leaning frame of 'the disorganized, messy libs' vs. the 'savvy, principled mature conservatives' the Beltway loves to believe are somehow still deep inside the core of the Republican Party. There is also a masculine, sports-oriented predisposition to the 'savvy' displayed by men like McConnell or Boehner and a disinterest in the content of their conduct or votes. This mess dismantles all of that in the eyes of the public, not forever but at least for the duration of this farce. There is no place the Beltway media outlets can take this story that does not make the GOP look ridiculous. Period.

Edited January 5, 20232 yr by Vee

 

 

 

House Democrats news conference, earlier this morning today January 5, before the day's voting began...
 

 

 

42 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

I don't suppose 6 Republikkkans would eventually say "f--k it" and cast their vote for Hakeem? Dare to dream. 

Well. Victoria Spartz should consider it, no one else would.  She's Ukranian for God sake.  I have no idea how you could be, and be Republican.  But she is.  You'd think by now she'd have figured out the Republicans only like her because she's white and foreign so she's naturally a good poster child.  But regardless of what horse the remaining Republicans choose to ride, they fully supported Da Dump and he loves some Russia.  

Eighth vote results:
Nobody got the 218 votes required to win Speaker.

McCarthy, Jeffries, and Donalds were nominated.

201 - Republican Kevin McCarthy

212 - Democrat Hakeem Jeffries

17 - Byron Donalds (Republican from Florida)

1 vote for Donald Trump (by Matt Gaetz)

2 votes for Kevin Hern (Republican from Oklahoma)
Those who voted for Hern:
Joshua Brecheen of Oklahoma
Lauren Boebert of Colorado
(but Hern voted for McCarthy)

1 vote as "present" (by Victoria Spartz of Indiana)

434 total.

(There are 435 seats but one member from Virginia died and there will be a special election to fill his seat in February).
 

Edited January 5, 20232 yr by janea4old

1 hour ago, Fevuh said:

Well. Victoria Spartz should consider it, no one else would.  She's Ukranian for God sake.  I have no idea how you could be, and be Republican.  But she is.  You'd think by now she'd have figured out the Republicans only like her because she's white and foreign so she's naturally a good poster child.  But regardless of what horse the remaining Republicans choose to ride, they fully supported Da Dump and he loves some Russia.  

Supposedly she's trying to use this to run for Senate.

2 hours ago, Vee said:

This whole hysterical exercise is also important in that it forces/shames the Beltway into reporting more thoroughly, if not entirely honestly, on the dysfunction of the GOP.

In so much lazy 'both sides' reporting there is still often a preexisting right-leaning frame of 'the disorganized, messy libs' vs. the 'savvy, principled mature conservatives' the Beltway loves to believe are somehow still deep inside the core of the Republican Party. There is also a masculine, sports-oriented predisposition to the 'savvy' displayed by men like McConnell or Boehner and a disinterest in the content of their conduct or votes. This mess dismantles all of that in the eyes of the public, not forever but at least for the duration of this farce. There is no place the Beltway media outlets can take this story that does not make the GOP look ridiculous. Period.

Oh they're still trying: