Kevin McCarthy lost three separate votes for the House Speakership on Tuesday, and is now flopping around like a moron.
He thought he was just going to walk in and take over, and his hopes were dashed when a dissident group refused to support him.
Basically, there is no way McCarthy is going to get the votes he needs unless he totally changes all of his positions and starts making a bunch of promises in writing to right-wingers.
He might try to do another vote today, I guess, but there is no reason to believe he can win, which means he is going to have to step aside and someone else is going to have to be forwarded as a candidate. Right now, people are voting for Jim Jordan. (I don’t like Jordan because he just talks and refuses to do anything, but someone who says the right things is better than someone like McCarthy who is just an open Democrat supporter).
The revolt has been led by Matt Gaetz, who has sworn to never surrender.
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