Petering out to the end of vote 10. More tardies by inattention. And stuff. Hearing about deaths in the family, and at least one birth....

But the cleanup round gets us up to the familiar total. 21 rumpsters (20 "other" and 1 "present"), 212 for Jeffries, and [edit:] 200 [not 201] for McCarthy.
#GOPinDisarray

NYT interactive keeping fast track, btw , with all 10 rounds tabulated. (Some folks, including Hern lost in the "Others"--so much for Boebert's persuasive power)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/04/us/politics/house-speaker-vote-tally.html

Our Clerk is up and whacking, looking strangely ebullient. She's got the final tally from the 10th vote.

Jeffries 212
McCarthy 200
Donalds - 13
Hern - 7
"Present" - 1

Now what? Ermergerd, we're going round 11. Rep. French Hill, AK-2, starts with a round of applause (standing O!) for the Clerk, smart move.
#118thCongress #GOPinDisarray

From that sublime nomination, to the ridiculous, Matt Gaetz finally does the thing, gaslighting to beat the band about the great days under the former guy, and WOOT LET'S MAKE HIM SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

Inoculation from the criminal prosecutions barking at his heals? Matt Gaetz would have a special understanding of that.

And of deep corruption.
#GOPinDisarray #118thCongress

He goes after the "squatter" in the Speaker's office suite.

Exactly one person applauds.

Now the other also-rans. Bob Good, VA-5 gets to nominate... not sure. "Now would be a good time for some applause," he winds up, and a couple people applaud. Tough room.

Crisis actor complains about "crisis after crisis" (that, um, the GOP continues to manufacture).

Props for suspense. Which unqualified rumpster is he up for? We don't know.
#GOPinDisarray

The way he's thundering, I'm ready for him to nominate himself. Who else has measured up to this gaslighting performance?

(He implies McCarthy is, and I quote, a "creature of the swamp." Not to put too fine a point on it.)

Shouts out the "businessman" that was recently in the WH.

Ah, it's Kevin Hern he's shouting about to nominate. A guy most of us have not heard of. Whew. Thank god they don't have acceptance speeches.

Byron "not a prop" Donalds did not get nominated this time, oh well.