hah keep jeffries. cleaver? jeffries. cline? kevin mccarthy. cloud? jim jordan. clyburn? jeffries. clyde? biggs. cohen? hakeem jeffries. cole? mccarthy. collins? as we listen to the roll being called by my count, five republicans have voted against mccarthy for speaker. two voted for jim jordan, one included boebert. and two for andy biggs. garrett haake, by my count that s five and he could only lose four. on this first role call, he said he will keep this going vote after vote until they get worn down or something breaks. is that your take? we never call votes until they are over, but in this case, i now count six, one more since we came on the air. clyde voting for andy biggs, one of the leaders of this rebel group. six republicans so far voting against kevin mccarthy. if the math holds through the remainder of the alphabet, as we have every reason to expect it will, with all democrats voing for hakeem jeffries, we do appear to be in a s
having this vote when they knew the outcome. so i imagine kevin mccarthy is going to start pulling people into those meetings. so i imagine the vote is over now and they are tallying. they are actually four members who have been officially tallying the vote. they are going to make sure they are all on the same page having the same number of votes each. then the clerk will read the final vote. and that s when we re now into the somewhat uncertainer is toir. what is the house floor procedure at this point. my understanding is the most likely thing is the clerk will then recognize the person who nominated kevin mccarthy and that quest failed. potentially, they could ask the clerk to recognize somebody else. it s likely the clerk will recognize one of the republicans who asked what they want to do next. that could be where they make another nominating speech. that could be where they make a motion to adjourn. i imagine kevin mccarthy is largely in control of the first person who gets calle