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The House GOP picked Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest speaker nominee Tuesday evening, though the Louisiana Republican so far lacks the 217 votes needed to win the gavel – the latest sign that Republicans are still no closer to electing a new speaker three weeks after Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster.

The vote for Johnson came at the end of a tumultuous day that began when Republicans voted to elect Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer as speaker nominee only for Emmer drop out just hours later amid stiff resistance from the right flank of the conference and a major rebuke from former President Donald Trump.

In the final round of secret-ballot voting, Johnson was elected speaker nominee with 128 votes. McCarthy received 43 votes, the next highest tally, and some House Republicans are blaming the California Republican for undercutting Johnson’s ascent. Ahead of Tuesday night’s votes, some members raised the idea of a McCarthy tag team with Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan to solve the speakership stalemate – with McCarthy returning as speaker and then making Jordan his “assistant speaker,” sources told CNN.

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[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago
[-] chooglers@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

there's enough floppy johnsons running the country already

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They know there’s a pill for floppy Johnson’s, right?

[-] MelodiousFunk@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Well, there was... before Gaetz ate them all.

[-] FrostyTrichs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I used to think one man couldn't possibly consume all the floppy Johnson's in Washington. Then I learned of Jim Jordan.

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