Will He Even Get The Number To Be Speaker?

The Republicans pick the "David Duke without the baggage" guy as their next House Speaker. Will he get the necessary votes?

The House Speaker race is going to be controversial. Between a rape apologist who literrally has no legislative accomplishments and a survivor of a mass shooting fighting cancer. The guy once said he is "David Duke without the baggage."

With Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted as House Speaker, it sparked a civil war between the far right and the extreme right. McCarthy's decision to keep the government  open doomed him. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and seven other Republicans joined the Democrats in voting to vacate.

Now it is a race between two controversial lawmakers.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA). Both are fighting and feuding with one another. Jordan and the MAGA wing spread the gospel of a $500,000 meal and drink tab on Scalise.

Jordan had faced allegations that he ignored Ohio State University wrestlers when a sexual predator abused them. Oh, Jordan was a willing participant in trying to overturn the election loss of Washed Up 45. The former president endorsed Jordan.

House Republicans voted 113-99 to nominate Scalise to succeed McCarthy as Speaker.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) reaffirmed that she will not support either candidate and said that the former president is the only one. Greene is the most laziest member of the House. Her former ally, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was not in Washington. She was at a local court finalizing her divorce with Jaycon Boebert. She had to take a smoke break.

Greene's buddy Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said that he doesn't trust either of them. However, he doesn't care whether Jordan or Scalise became the nominee. He said that they need to take a hard line or face a removal.

Gaetz and Boebert are lazy lawmakers as well. 

While Republicans were able to advance Scalise's nomination Wednesday, Scalise will still need 217 votes from the full chamber to become the next Speaker.

A handful of holdouts could set up a floor fight, and five Republicans have already indicated they plan to vote for someone other than Scalise.

Nearly half a dozen others were publicly undecided as of Wednesday afternoon, with some indicating they plan to still back Jordan on the floor.