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either. the drama really is about how many people are going to vote for kevin mccarthy, vote against kevin mccarthy or vote present and this is an outcome that there is no one here in this room or watching at home or in that room that knows how it s going to go. as you watch this play out, i said before mccarthy has campaigned for this for a year and he is short. let s listen in. from the state of new york and the honorable andy biggs, a representative-elect from the state of arizona have been placed in nomination. the roll now will be called and those responding to those names will indicate by surname the nominee of their choosing. the reading clerk will now call the roll .
make some deals. this is going to get a little free wheeling. especially if it they are voting to break in a meeting and hash it out in private. they are going to have to do this on the floi. they have to pull people into the cloak room and have private conversations. it s not well coordinated. there s not one thing they are asking for. so they are going to have to bring in groups of members. some of these are probably a surprise. maybe not spirely a surprise, but i m sure they don t know why they are voting against him. there s a lot to sort out. i imagine after of this first vote, it wouldn t surprise me if people aren t sitting down as much and say i m not going to sit around for another hour and a half. it starts getting a little more churn on the house floor something has to change from vote one to vote two and get more hands on. talking about it being disorganized and not a coherent opposition group, representative-elect from florida just voted for jim jordan. jordan has gott
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it s not clear. so, the republican minorit leader kevin mccarthy does not have an interest in pickin this fight i think he is more worried about getting 218 votes an becoming speaker, which is a hurdle he is not quite reaching but i think the new york republicans that are in an around santos, they are much more worried and concerned about this and you can tell by th deafening silence. congressman lee zeldin, wh represents part of long island who was talked about as potential rnc chairperson, who ran very strong praise for governor, and who endorsed santos, has not said anything. at some of his other representative-elect that ar coming into congress from ne york have also been somewhat quiet. that s not a ringing endorsement for someone wh will be working with the sky well, there s one incomin congressman-elect from new yor