because it was only hours ago matt gaetz was saying if you want to drain the swamp the last thing you want to do is put the biggest alligator back in there all week. we interviewed him on our show and he said no. no, no, no, i m not going to vote mccarthy. he voted present. i want to go through these bret to find out any surprises. we had ken buck a question mark he voted for mccarthy. we had matt gaetz who voted present, lauren boebert voted present. andy biggs voted for jordan, bob goode voted for jordan, eli crain voted for andy biggs and matt rosendale voted for andy biggs. any surprises you thought going into this that one of those people might have voted present or for kevin mccarthy? because they stuck to their guns. they did. crain was one that i was told was possibly going to vote present. the other three were kind of never kevin, in the never kevin crowd and we re not going to vote for mccarthy one-way or
adams. jeffries. adderholt. mccarthy. aguilar. jeffries. alford. mccarthy. allen. mccarthy. laura: so as the vote goes through the as right now we should point out that we are waiting for a couple of key names to come up, as you know them, waiting for the bs lauren boebert which is lauren boebert and andy biggs, the c andy crain and the gs, bob goode and matt gaetz. and so you re going through this chad pergram and picking out those key names because if when we get to the gs matt gaetz says kevin mccarthy looks like they ll the votes. three things to watch for what s the attendance, did anybody leave. see if there are any changes in
it comes down to a single solitary vote. this vote was on the razor s edge. kevin mccarthy picked up significant steam here over the night. but he s not there just yet. so let s see how long they let this vote sit open and can they convince one of the other members who voted for somebody else by name, eli crain, bob goode, you get the idea here, or can they pry loose to get somebody like lauren boebert or matt gaetz to vote for mccarthy by name. he needs one vote, comes down to a solitary vote by name. laura: you know more this than anybody but i want to go through these numbers again to make sure we are exactly clear. so we are told when you vote present it lowers the threshold. the magic number was always 218. it lowers the threshold if one person votes present the magic number becomes 217. if two people vote present the magic number we were told comes down to 216. now we re seeing two people have
because it appears they have 230 that s a no they cannot adjourn they have to move forward. can they change votes on that. it s just a time thing. they could but they re now overwhelming the numbers and it looks like they are not going to adjourn, they re going to move to the 15th ballot. they have to wait for the time, even though it says zero zero zero the vote is still open. chad s seeing zero zero zero and votes staying open forever in his time on capitol hill. let me point out news we re getting from gop folks up on the hill that the understanding going into that last vote, the 14th ballot was that boebert from colorado was a yes for mccarthy, and changed to present without telling any of the compatriots, any of the people. and that was a surprise when she went to present. they thought it was still fine, but then the others, crain did not vote present, and so the math didn t work. when gaetz and boebert were