For the third time, Republicans will nominate a speaker candidate
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But there's still no guarantee the GOP's next pick for speaker will be able to secure the needed 217 votes on the House floor, as some lawmakers aren't signing a "unity" pledge.

But there’s still no guarantee the GOP’s next pick for speaker will be able to secure the needed 217 votes on the House floor, as some lawmakers aren’t signing a “unity” pledge.

Three weeks after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster, House Republicans will gather behind closed doors Tuesday morning to nominate a new candidate for speaker — their third attempt to fill the job.

A GOP civil war has prevented Republicans from agreeing on a successor to McCarthy, R-Calif. The GOP’s two previous picks bowed out after they failed to secure the votes needed to win on the floor, leaving the House in a state of unprecedented chaos with a possible government shutdown less than a month away and wars raging in Ukraine and the Middle East.

“The world is burning around us, and American leadership is necessary. And you can’t have the full complement of American leadership if the House of Representatives is not functioning,” Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., said on NBC’s “Meet the Press NOW," emphasizing the need for his colleagues to move on and coalesce around a new leader.

    • Nougat
      7•8 months ago

      Apparently, signing a pledge is required to help guarantee they won’t fuck each other.

      Narrator: They will fuck each other.

      • @Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10•8 months ago

        Narrator: They will fuck each other.

        This is a blatantly false statement.

        • Matt Gaetz will not fuck any of them because they’re all above the age of 18.
        • Lauren Boebert only lets them get to second base, but insists that it happens in public.
        • Jim Jordan only watches people fuck college wrestlers.
        • Marjorie Taylor Greene does not fuck outside her species.
        • Nougat
          2•8 months ago

          This is a blatantly false statement.

          I was lifting my pitchfork before I read the rest of your comment. Well played.