Multiple members emerged from the House GOP’s speaker forum on Tuesday saying they don’t see either candidate being any closer to having the votes needed to secure the gavel on the floor.
Driving the news: “No one is close to 217,” Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) said after Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La) and Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) pitched members on why they believe they should be the next speaker.
At this point, you just have to say ‘what would happen next if this was a Mel Brooks movie?’
Coming in 2024: “The Congress” directed by Mel Brooks.
I worry even his satiracal genius would fall short of actual reality.