Nine days after ousting the Speaker they elected just none months earlier, House Republicans are finding it nearly impossible to find a candidate who will get the 217 votes necessary to become the next Speaker of the House, and the hosts over at Fox News are furious.
After winning the nomination to become Speaker, Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise reportedly may drop out of the race as soon as later today, appearing unable to get anywhere near the votes needed. Chairman Jim Jordan, who won just 99 votes, may re-enter the race, as may other Republicans in leadership, but none seem likely to appease the far-right GOP extremists. Any nominee can afford to lose just four Republican votes.
After blaming President Joe Biden on Wednesday for what she erroneously called the “lack of Senate confirmed elected officials,” despite Republican Senators being entirely to blame for putting holds on critical top U.S. State Dept. positions and hundreds of U.S. military positions, Fox News host Emily Compagno was back at it on Thursday.
“There is no position that we are in this moment that represents anything close to strength,” Compagno claimed, despite President Biden being praised, thanks, and lauded in Israel for his response to the Hamas terorists’ attack.
Co-host Harris Faulkner interjected, turning the focus to the House.
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“Oh, you mean the Speaker of the House?” she asked.
Faulkner detailed the vote count challenges, with Scalise getting just 113 and Jordan just 99, “and it’s still not the 218 – you mean that part?”
“Like, they can’t even put out a condemnation letter from the House because they don’t have a House Speaker.”
“Look, I don’t really care what they do, in that chamber, in terms of their leadership. I hope they are better-representing the people that voted for them by getting the Speaker that they want – and all voices heard, on the right and the far-right,” Faulkner added.
“Just, can you do it in 15 minutes? Like, why does this have to look like when you chose McCarthy,” she lamented, referring to the 15 vote attempts it took to choose the now-ousted Speaker.
“We need to get moving!” she concluded.
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