Well, What Was the Point of All That?: The House Speaker Race
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What is happening with the House Speaker race?
Hey, everybody, the Charlie Kirk show, the speaker of the house fight is here. We walk through it piece by piece and explain it all. What is happening on the floor of the House of Representatives? Email us is always freedom at Charlie Kirk dot com and subscribe to our podcast and become a member today. Members dot Charlie Kirk dot com. That is members dot Charlie Kirk dot com. Get involved with Turning Point USA at TP USA dot com. Buckle up, everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here.
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And today, as we are doing this broadcast, it's going to be happening live. We have a very serious Speaker of the House situation. Mike Johnson's tenuous speakership might collapse today. The new Congress is assembling, and that means Congress must select a speaker. Republicans have the narrowest majority in living memory, and that's making things very complicated. Two years ago, Kevin McCarthy needed 15 rounds of votes. Do you remember that? That was only two years ago. 15 rounds of votes to become speaker, and he lasted less than 10 months. But McCarthy went into the House vote with 222 Republicans. He could lose more than one and still become speaker. Mike Johnson is going to this House vote with only 219 Republicans.
That means Mike Johnson can only lose exactly one Republican vote. That means if he loses two, there's no majority. Thomas Massey has said he's not voting for Johnson no matter what. So that's one vote that Johnson can lose. He needs everybody else. It's very, very little margin for Mike Johnson. Now it's possible we could be in for a day of theatrics. There are Republicans who may vote against Johnson on the first ballot to show their independence, but then back him by the end of the day. Of course, every speaker vote takes about an hour. So these stunts could waste quite a bit of our time. but that is Congress for you. A lot of people are saying that if there's no speaker, it could prevent Trump from becoming president because the House can't conduct business, and so it can't certify the election results. In my opinion, I think this is actually very much mistaken. The Constitution clearly describes how the presidential results are certified, and it does not require...
the Speaker of the House, because the Constitution says what to do directly. We went through this, by the way, with the last Kevin McCarthy carousel of votes. With the Kevin McCarthy carousel, remember, you can pass pieces of legislation without a speaker. You can do emergency pieces of legislation without a speaker. You can do anything without a speaker. A speaker is not technically necessary. A speaker is not prescribed legislation. As far as the constitution of the house of representatives, new members can be sworn in by anybody. A speaker house does not need to do that. This is all just tradition and house rules. So, but I guess for tradition's sake, you need a speaker.
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