Jonathan Nicholson covers Capitol Hill and campaigns for HuffPost. His Twitter is @JNicholsonInDC.
WASHINGTON ― For a man who won the majority of his party’s votes on Wednesday to become the new House speaker, Majority Leaderof a 113 to 99 vote in the House GOP conference, Scalise’s prospects for getting enough Republicans to back him to ensure his victory on the chamber floor quickly shriveled. The reasons given for not backing him range from the petty to the esoteric, and point to the difficulties Scalise may have in uniting 217 Republicans to vote for him on the floor.
On Thursday morning, Santos told HuffPost that Scalise still had not called, despite his public plea. Roy said he was also upset that his proposal to change how House Republicans pick their speaker nominee ― he aimed to require a much higher vote threshold than a mere majority ― was scuttled without much debate.Another reason offered by Scalise opponents: They’re opposing him for his own good.
HuffPost asked lawmakers if the people holding out might be doing it for attention and self-aggrandizement.Rep. Nancy Mace , who voted to oust McCarthy despite his financial support for her in a tough primary, saidbecause of his now-infamous boast that he was “David Duke without the baggage.” Duke is a notorious white supremacist and former Louisiana political figure.
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