slow, obviously, frustratingly slow, but positive outcomes. mat gaetz said this ends one of two ways. either mccarthy withdraws from the race, or we construct a straitjacket he s unable to evade. do you support some that support mccarthy that say he is an conceding too much? to arsonists in some c concessions. that s the question. that s very frustrating. i remind your viewers, and i know most of them, and you know this. we had an election. in november, all the republicans and all the democrats got together in their individual caucus or conference and they elected their leadership, and w anyone could run. you could stand up and campaign and lobby, and kevin was elected our speaker. it wasn t even close. 190 to 30, so there is that frustration. is kevin giving too much? i don t think he has to this point, but he s very, very close, and i think he knows that he s very close. in fact, some of these individuals said there s really nothing more he can give or us to ask for, an
question that i think we will start talking about a little bit more if we go vote after vote after vote. i think it ll require democrats to vote for it as well. would democrats support a rule change to lower simple majority to elect the spaeaker, right? you might get democrats to vote for something like that, not for mccarthy directly, but a rule change, and they can move the ball forward and again, being careful because you re still going to have more votes than hakeem jeffries. the other thing is go to a runoff. runoffs haven t been great for republicans lately, but if you had the top two advance rank order. i m saying because you put those 20 on the spot. incident sound like they re close. a friend of mine from indiana passes along that an email he just got. you want to know what this is all about for some of these guys? just received a fund-raising email from andy biggs, fellow