of that. [inaudible] [inaudible] well here is a bit more from nbc s aly tally. it s official. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california haven t received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] that was, easy yes? this chamber is not fully open for all americans to visit. it is the longest speaker vote in 100 years. the dramatic and twisting political melodrama not seen in the modern era. and, now the hard work begins. we will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to get the job done. mccarthy allies expected in the clinch the speakership on the 14th ballot, thinking that they have the votes. a speaker has not been elected. shock reverberating throughout the chamber. as congressman matt gates held firm is the man standing in between mccarthy speakership. mccarthy himself begging for gates vote on the floor. congressman mike rogers, it mccarthy alla, being held back fro
speaker in the 18 hundreds, and that was supposed to suggest that trump did better than he did, even the who only got that one vote. and we do have images on the floor of marjorie taylor greene on the phone with donald trump, handing it to some of those holdouts, including rosendale, who ended up voting present and falling in line with all of those holdouts there. it really depends who you ask. it looks like in the beginning of the weekend, even to yesterday s vote that the former president didn t have much sway. but we know that he was on the phone with some of those holdouts. we also know just from watching sean hannity, when interviewed matt gates and lauren boebert last night, that was one of the things that he kept making a point of, that former president trump was able to keep them online. he had all this influence over the party, when in reality, tassels point, they need to stop showing dysfunction in order to have smooth sailing in 24. and since president trump is the only repu