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
me snickering and chortling through the conversation you were just having. you know me, i like when i get a laugh. the idea that you just said, we are going to have a speaker and odds are that person probably will be a republican. that s where we are right now. i want to cover my bases because that s on tape. the fact that it s even a possibility that it might not be someone from kevin mccarthy s you never know. tells us where we are at. thank you. thank you to all of you at home for joining us. 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 with the third day without selecting a speaker of the house. the lower chamber held five votes for speaker and congressman kevin mccarthy failed to cinch the nomination on all five of those bringing the total number of time
affairs a pairs st. petersburg. it coincides with her decision to challenge representative charlie crist. today, anna paulina luna conservative aoc. conservatives are trying to make calling luna apl a thing. but a lot of apl s meyer huff. and she was a self-described avid supporter of barack obama. in a 2017 interviewer than modeling career when it described her drab job by saying, i m able to take on different personalities depending on what image i m going for. i think getting into character of what you re selling a super important. okay. while there isn t an ideology that unifies this band of 20 republicans. there seems to be a common thread of branding here. of self promotion.
image i m going for. i think getting into character of what you re selling is super important. while there isn t an ideology that unifies them there really does seem to be a common thread of branding, of self-promotion. we have yet to see an issue or a policy animate this group of people but we have seen that all of them are very into being the rebels here and very much enjoy being in the spotlight and would like to ensure that spotlight stays on them and their insurgency. good for their brand. it gets them on more far right tv shows and raises them more money and probably moves more grenade shaped let s go brandon bottle openers. what does that mean for how this ends. how do you negotiate with a group whose only priority seems to be themselves? joining us now is brendan buck who served as an adviser to two former republican speakers john boehner and paul ryan, a man who i m delighted to say is making his debut appearance on this