Joseph Zeballos-Roig @josephzeballos · 5m >GOP @rep_stevewomack in his Comment from the Capitol: "There's not a person in our conference, not a person in America that can get 217 votes out of this group"
Says he believes electing a speaker w/only GOP votes is "hopeless" and Dem help needed to get Rs out of this "fiasco"
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Looks like Scalise will be the GOP nominee.
We'll see what his opposition looks like and how firm it is.
BREAKING -- HOUSE REPUBLICANS have tabled a motion to change the rules on the speaker vote.
SCALISE's whip operation, which was in overdrive over the last few days trying to defeat the measure.
This puts SCALISE on the brink of the nomination to be House speaker. — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 11, 2023 .