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AndyinPA wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:26 am And this sanctimonious piece of crap would be second in line.

Chilidog wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:43 am

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:26 am And this sanctimonious piece of crap would be second in line.

Third.

House GOP Speaker nominee Mike Johnson (R-La.) heads to the House floor at noon Wednesday for a House-wide floor election.

While momentum is in his favor, he is not yet assured to win on the House floor.

Here is how the process works and what he needs to win.

Johnson needs a majority of all members present and voting for a specific candidate in order to win the GOP nomination.

There are two vacancies in the House right now, due to resignations of one Republican (Chris Stewart of Utah) and one Democrat (David Cicilline of Rhode Island), making a total of 433 members. House Republicans have 221 members, while Democrats have 212.

That means a majority of the House right now is 217 members — the number often referenced as what Johnson needs to win the Speakership.

All voting Democrats are expected to vote for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) for Speaker.

So, if more than four of the 221 Republicans defect from Johnson, he is below 217 and in hot water.

However, 217 is not the end-all-be-all magic number to win the Speakership. Members who are absent or vote “present” lower the threshold needed to win, since the winner is decided by all members voting for a specific candidate.

That is how ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) won the Speakership on his 15th ballot in January with 216 votes; six “present” votes from Republicans lowered the threshold needed to win, even though a majority of the whole House was 218.

Because of the slim margins, Democrats have urged full attendance for all members, since their absences can affect the margins that Republicans need, too.

To find the “magic number” needed to win the Speakership if there are present votes and absences, take 433 and subtract the number of present votes and absences. Divide that number by two — and then count up to the next whole number.

But Johnson does not necessarily want to count on absences and “present” votes to win.

And he seems to have the wind at his back. Republican lawmakers running the gamut from moderate Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) to hard-line conservative Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) say they support him.

He also got backing from two previous Speaker nominees — Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) — as well as McCarthy.

Rep. Mike Johnson, a Republican of Louisiana, won the election to become the new speaker of the House on Wednesday, ending three weeks of chaos since Rep. Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster and taking his place as second in line for the presidency.

Johnson won the gavel with the support of all 220 Republicans in attendance, surpassing the 215-vote total that was required to win. All 209 Democrats in attendance voted for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the party's House leader.

NewMexGirl wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:03 am I’m emphatically opposed to Johnson. He’s far right on social issues; he’s a Trump-worshipping fuckwad. He has Trump’s approval as Speaker. That says it all. Don’t be fooled because he seems less incendiary than big mouths like Jim Jordan.

Any Dem who votes for him should be primaried up the wazoo.

Ben-Prime wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:21 pm Looking at the tallies, I do not think he got any (D) votes.

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:18 pm How about a new thread with Johnson?

NewMexGirl wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:30 pm

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:18 pm How about a new thread with Johnson?

Good idea! Let’s call it Fucking Fuckwad Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House for a Few Miserable Days.

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:59 am Uh, if one searches for Twitter in the title, voila, there it is. It seems to be flourishing just fine, thank you. Also too, it's no longer Twitter.