Majorie Taylor Greene & Lauren Boebert promise to ruin House Speaker vote
The Republican vote for the next House Speaker — which was expected to happen today — is already in disarray thanks to rabidly anti-LGBTQ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), her bigoted bestie Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), and their cohorts. Last January, it took the House GOP 15 votes to elect a speaker — Greene, Boebert, and others seem set on doing that again.
In a behind-closed-doors Wednesday morning vote, 113 GOP House members voted for Rep. Steve Scalise (LA) to take the role, and 99 voted for Rep. Jim Jordan (OH). The next speaker will need 217 votes to assume the position, and there are only 221 Republican House members. So, even though Scalise is expected to become the next Speaker, if five GOP House members vote for Jordan, it could cause no one to win, leaving the seat unfilled and the House GOP without a leader.
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In a Wednesday tweet, Greene said that she wouldn’t be voting for Scalise because “I want to see him defeat cancer more than sacrifice his health in the most difficult position in Congress. I lost my father to cancer and it’s a very serious battle.”
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Subscribe to our NewsletterDoctors diagnosed 58-year-old Scalise with blood cancer earlier this year.
“I just voted for Jim Jordan for Speaker on a private ballot in conference, and I will be voting for Jim Jordan on the House floor,” Green wrote. “We need a Speaker who is able to put their full efforts into defeating the communist democrats and save America…. We must protect our kids. And we need a full leadership team dedicated to this fight in these unprecedented times.”
I just voted for Jim Jordan for Speaker on a private ballot in conference, and I will be voting for Jim Jordan on the House floor.
I like Steve Scalise, and I like him so much that I want to see him defeat cancer more than sacrifice his health in the most difficult position in…
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