Yeah found out later that he and Gaetz were checking with her if any Democrats planned to leave if the votes kept going (none did). The way electing the Speaker works is that you need a majority of the members present, not the total membership. So if half the Dems said we're bored and this is stupid and then walked out, that would make it significantly easier for McCarthy to win.
Gosar and the R rebels didn't want that to happen but as it turns out the Dems had every intention of making McCarthy squirm.
Gosar and the R rebels didn't want that to happen but as it turns out the Dems had every intention of making McCarthy squirm.
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