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GOP adds more chaos with not 1, not 2, but 9 more House speaker candidates [1]

['Carla Sinclair']

Date: 2023-10-23

"The show must go on," as they say in circus-speak — and on and on, when it comes to the chaotic GOP and their search for a House speaker. So instead of zeroing in on one person they can all agree on to take control of the House, they've decided to prolong the farce and throw nine more candidates into the ring.

According to GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik, the "official announced candidates" — aka the all-men Republican lineup for this week's act — include: Jack Bergman (MI), Byron Donalds (FL), Tom Emmer (MN), Kevin Hern (OK), Mike Johnson (LA), Dan Meuser (PA), Gary Palmer (AL), Austin Scott (GA), and Pete Sessions (TX). (See Stefanik's list below, reposted by Ron Filipkowski.)

After ousting former Speaker Kevin McCarthy in a historical stunt, scaring off their frontrunner candidate Steve Scalise, and then propping up only to punch down Gym Jordan, it's only natural that the MAGA-"led" House would trot out nine more players.

From HuffPost:

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