A band of House Republicans made a historic move this week to punish their own leader, sending the House into chaos by ousting Kevin McCarthy as speaker. The unprecedented vote to oust McCarthy has on
ly led to more turmoil in the days since as Republicans have grappled with the fallout of the speaker-less House. On Thursday, former President Donald Trump was rumored to be going to Capitol Hill and floated the possibility of serving as speaker for a “short period of time” – a highly improbable idea. Then he abruptly changed course and scrapped those plans, endorsing Rep. Jim Jordan instead.
The candidate only needs a simple majority of the 221-member conference, and with it being a competitive two-way race at this point, that means whoever prevails is unlikely to initially have the 217 votes that will be needed on the House floor. One option being considered is having members vote multiple times by secret ballot until someone actually gets the votes to win on the floor.
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