Sahil Kapur

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A wild fact about all this: Nancy Pelosi figured out how to win the speakership on the first ballot in 2021 with a 222-seat majority identical to what McCarthy has now. And she faced 15 Democratic defections (albeit under a larger majority) in 2019. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2023

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DRAMA in the House chamber. McCarthy himself walks over talk to Gaetz and Boebert to talk. Both voted PRESENT. It appears he needs one to switch to YES to win. Democrats across the chamber are watching this, some of them smiling. "Regular order!" one shouts. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2023

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The count is final. McCarthy 216 Jeffries 212 Jordan 2 Biggs 2 "A SPEAKER IS NOT ELECTED," clerk says. McCarthy loses again. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2023