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And Just Like That, Steve Scalise is No Longer Running For Speaker.
The Republican Party is a dumpster fire.
Well, Representative Steve Scalise is officially dropping out of the race for Speaker of the House following the recent ousting of Representative Kevin McCarthy.
Lexie Schapitl with NPR writes:
“Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., has dropped out of the race to become the new House speaker, after failing to secure enough support for his bid to succeed on the floor.
“I was very clear we have to have everybody put their agendas on the side and focus on what this country needs,” Scalise told reporters in the Capitol. “This country is counting on us to come back together. This House of Representatives needs a speaker, and we need to open up the House again.”…
…Scalise, the current Republican majority leader, won a narrow majority of the conference in a closed-door, secret-ballot election on Wednesday. By a vote of 113–99, Scalise defeated House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, but was far short of the votes needed to win a majority of the full House: 217 if all current members are present and voting…”
The longer this goes on, the more it needs to be addressed that the Republican Party is currently quite literally incapable of…
