McCarthy out as Speaker

[Gomez Adams]

‘It’s astonishing’: GOP ditches Jordan as speaker pick

It was an unexpectedly fast end to the Ohio conservative's candidacy to lead the chaos-ridden House GOP.

www.politico.com

 

[Zeedox]

...
Instead, the secret ballot revealed that while Jordan's public opposition never topped 25 votes, scores more House Republicans wanted to see him out of the race.....

There's the umderlying truth.

 

[Gomez Adams]

So Emmer was voted on to run as speaker. He had Jordan and McCarthy's support.

By the time I got back from picking my son up from Taekwondo class, it was over.

He dropped out due to opposition.

Back to square one. Again.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Now they've picked Mike Johnson from Louisiana.

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer's withdrawal, desperate to end chaos

Republicans have chosen Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as their latest nominee for House speaker. This comes hours after another Republican nominee, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew his bid amid opposition from Donald Trump.

apnews.com

Wow. Just wow.