Steve HermanBy my math, McCarthy needs every remaining vote to become speaker, including Gaetz and Gosar who haven't voted yet.
Gosar has voted for McCarthy in the past two rounds and is likely to do so again. If Getz votes for someone else, doesn't vote or votes present, then it goes to the 15th round.
There are also appeals to Boebert (sitting next to Gaetz) to change her vote from present to McCarthy.
"At one point a McCarthy ally, Mike Rogers of Alabama, stormed into the huddle and seemed on the brink of violence, but he retreated to a cloakroom off the floor." -- Paul Kane, Washington Post.
Trump apparently still attempting to play a role in whipping votes for McCarthy.
Something's up. Republicans changing their votes NOT to adjourn. Looks like we'll go to a 15th round.
Now there are indications Gaetz will vote for McCarthy in the 15th round. Speculation includes he was promised a committee chair or Trump convinced him to support McCarthy.
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Stephen Kellat@w7voa I'm hearing chats of "one more time" on live.house.gov
OSCrane@w7voa McCarthy's definitely not a spineless coward or anything...
Agora@w7voa they are all so pathetic.
Unabogie has voted Kamala!@w7voa Committee Chair, credibly accused of paying to have sex with minors. Your GOP, folks.
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Covidiocracy@w7voa “Vote for Kevin or I’ll tell everyone about the pool attendants you met at Mar-a-Lago, and many of them are on the younger side, believe me.”
***Dave Hill 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️@w7voa So Gaetz' principled, definite, absolute, utter, profound opposition which would never, ever waver, for the good of the Nation and all that is Holy ... had a price.
I'm shocked, shocked.
Wendy MsGator 🐊That smile is unnerving. What will it cost the USA to put that smile on Gaetz's dial? Bad times ahead.
Mazal 
@w7voa i really do think it was simply bad math. boebert wasn't actually "present," apparently.
"It's the incompetence, Stupid."
~ Nicolle Wallace
noahm@w7voa I wonder, as crazy as it sounds, if the Democrats would have done well to vote for McCarthy. They’d give him the Speakership, but without him being beholden to Gaetz and co. The MAGA wing might have been left marginalized at least a little longer.
eye0ftheworld@eye0ftheworld @w7voa Understood, but given the choice between “McCarthy” and “McCarthy with a big debt to Gaetz and the Freedom Caucus”, I might choose the former.
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While we wait, do you have any dog pictures to share?
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Paul Lalonde@w7voa pathetic
myrmepropagandistIs this some kind of delirium? Are they just... falling apart under the pressure?
Hugh Goggins@futurebird @w7voa What an embarrassment
DidiQ@w7voa Maybe they converted somebody.
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DeusMorningStar@w7voa pathetic, what this is, is"Real housewifes of Capitol Hill"
madwonk@w7voa Gaetz just started fist-bumping people. Seems they might think they have the votes.
LazyCatHappyCat@w7voa they’ve talked Bobert and/or Gaetz into voting for McCarthy. Gaetz is smiling and shaking hands again, and Bobert is a follower so I’m guessing both agreed to vote for McCarthy. They don’t like being left out, so they’re coming in to save the day 🙄
@EeyoreTheCat @w7voa umm haven’t they created this dumpster fire?
AndyHThey're planning the next coup.
Hat. AuDHD cat 😷🌺🍉🌻🔻@w7voa gods. Idk if I want it to stop or not.
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Grateful Dead - I Need A Miracle (Studio Version)
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Comfortably Numb@w7voa lol these two are drunk with power.
JD@w7voa this is their big moment. JFC the government is being held up by these 2. Merica
Bob Davidson@w7voa Fight!!
N3VEM@w7voa pathetic
SteveP - The Dogfather@w7voa I wonder if Gaetz is armed.
SE Johnson@w7voa Forgive the dialectical-behavioral therapeutic jargon, but this is nuts
EarBuzz@w7voa, what does this mean?
2 voted present and cheated by lowering the threshold.
fionataylor@w7voa Gaetz just loves having all the power in this situation (which is probably also why he "dates" teenagers).
Stormcrow@w7voa It's ridiculous that nazis are allowed to just vote themselves into place then dismantle America. Garland owns this.
Angry Centrist@w7voa Matty Fivehead is in it for the camera time. He probably knows he'll make the Sunday shows if he is the swing vote.
@w7voa aaaand there Matty goes, the teen-sex-trafficking attention whore, stirring up more chaos by upending the motion to adjourn at the last second. The clown car is taking another lap tonight.