I doubt it will eventually come down that way, but in the first and second round of voting for the Speaker gavel...
........... Dem Hakeem Jeffries.... beat... Rep Kevin McCarthy.
LIVE COVERAGE: McCarthy loses historic second Speakership vote, House set for third ballot | The Hill
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has lost the second ballot for Speaker of the House.
While McCarthy was expected to face stiff opposition from a small group of hardline critics, few predicted the sort of double-digit shellacking that happened on the House floor Tuesday.
The House, which hasn’t needed more than one vote to elect a Speaker in a century, will now need to go to a third Speaker vote.
Interesting times, eh?
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