host: 20 republicans opposed his bid for speaker, rejecting him as their speaker. now they re presumably going behind closed doors to hash this out until they come back tomorrow at noon to attacker this up to take this up again. your reaction to the opening day of the 118th congress and what you saw on the house floor here on c-span. white we wait for you to call while we wait for you to call in, let s go back to earlier in the day, when congressman jim jordan, republican of ohio, ahead of the second round of voting, nominated kevin mccarthy as speaker. he went after his nomination speech, 19 republicans did not flip their votes and vote for kevin mccarthy. they voted for jim jordan. take a listen. mr. jordan: i nominate kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. [applause] the gentleman is recognized. thank you, madam clerk. i think we have three objectives this congress. three fundamental things we have to get done in the 118th congress. first, pass the bills that fix
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