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Stunning images captured of GOP lawmakers scrambling during House speaker vote [1]
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Date: 2023-01-06
As fun as it’s been to watch Rep. Kevin McCarthy lose again and again and again, it’s been even more fun to see some of the photos captured on the floor of Congress: Republicans scrambling and kowtowing while Democrats smile slyly, for example, or New York Republican Rep. George Santos slithering around on the periphery, hoping to find a place to fit in.
This week has been a doozy; with 13 votes and counting, McCarthy has consistently come up short. Of course, the Republicans are flipping faster than a Proud Boy insurrectionist, but it hasn’t come without concessions—so many that Rep. Matt Gaetz has said McCarthy would likely be a man in a “straightjacket” for most of his speakership.
Gaetz gave an interview Thursday where he spoke candidly about how unified the Democrats have been—so much so that he promised to “resign from the House” if one Dem flipped their vote for a “moderate Republican.”
That’s not going to happen, and neither will a clear win for McCarthy anytime soon, if trends persist. But the wrangling and shmoozing on the House floor have been fun to watch.
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