Rep. Steve Scalise is dropping out of the speaker’s race after House Republicans failed to coalesce behind him in the aftermath of Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster.
House Republicans met behind closed-doors for more than two hours Thursday afternoon, where the Majority leader urged his detractors to explain their opposition to him in front of the conference. After the meeting ended, Scalise huddled with those opposed to him in his office. And Republicans scheduled a second members-only conference meeting for Thursday evening.
But the opposition to Scalise as the next speaker only grew Thursday, with roughly 20 Republicans publicly opposing him. Scalise needs a majority of the House to be elected speaker, meaning he can only afford to lose four votes.
“If you see smoke it’s not a speaker, someone just set the place on fire,” GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson with a literally 🔥 vibe check.
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This for the folks that have forgotten, was trumps whitehouse doctor that said he may live to 200 because hes so healthy, and was credibly accused by the Pentagon of being drunk on the job and of sexual harassment of his staff after they interviewed 78 witnesses. He resigned, and then won a seat in congress in Texas.
So if yall motherfuckers ever thought of running for congress and gave up for literally any reason, just remember old “harrassy the drunky doc” ronny jackson and try again.
He traded his last shred of dignity for the seat but most normal people would pull their punches and keep their dignity.