good evening,. alex through the conversation, then you are having with david floofy. i like when i get a laugh. the idea that you just said, we re going to have a speaker and odds are the person will probably be a republican. that s where we are. i want to cover our bases, the fact that that s even a possibility, that it might not be somebody from kevin mccarthy s party tells you where we re at. thank you, my friend. thank you to all of you at home for joining us this hour. they say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. and that appears to be exactly where we are right now. in the middle of insanity. just about an hour ago the house of representatives adjourned for the third day without selecting a speaker of the house today the lower chamber has already held five votes for speaker. and congressman kevin mccarthy fable to since the nominations on all five of those votes, bringing the total number of time
good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow thank you to all of us joining us at this hour. they say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. that appears to be exactly where we are right now in the middle of insanity. just about an hour ago the house of representatives adjourned for the third day without selecting a speaker of the house today the lower chamber has already held five votes for speaker. and congressman kevin mccarthy fable to since the nominations on all five of those votes, bringing the total number of times that he has failed to win the speakers gavel up to 11. that s the most failed elections for speaker and any congress and over 100 years. surpassing the nine attempts it took to elect a speaker all the way back in the year 1923. throughout those failed votes, kevin mccarthy hasn t picked up one sin
caucus in line, and they re in earned the most votes for speaker, 11 times. now hakeem jeffries, who happens to be black. congressman chip roy decided, hey, our party can look diverse as well. we do have four black members of our caucus after all. and we can pick one of them. after that rousing speech by chip roy, dominance earned 20 republican votes during each round of voting yesterday. today, he held on to at least 13 votes for him. and against kevin mccarthy. who despite spending more than a decade in party leadership it s proven and capable of making the math work. donald s, on the other hand, to about 20 years ago pleaded guilty to a felony bribery charge, has completed his first term in congress. and until they pick a speaker, he won t be sworn in for a second term. during the first, term donald s never served as leadership, in fact he ran against new york congresswoman, elise stefanik, for republican conference chair and lost. his colleagues did not pick him. but they picked hi
the most votes for speaker, 11 times. now hakeem jeffries, who happens to be black. congressman chip roy decided, hey, our party can look diverse to. we do have four black members of our caucus after all. and we can pick one of them. after that rousing speech by chip roy, donald earned 20 republican votes during each round of voting yesterday. today, he held on to at least 13 votes for him. and against kevin mccarthy. who despite spending more than a decade in party leadership has provided incapable of making the math work. donald s on the other hand, to about 20 years ago pleaded guilty to a felony bribery charge, has completed his first term in congress. and until they pick a speaker, he won t be sworn in for a second term. during the first, term donald s never served as leadership, in fact he ran against new york congresswoman, elise stefanik, for republican conference chair and lost. his colleagues did not pick him. but they picked him to do this, to be the new nonwhite face of