Multiple members emerged from the House GOP’s speaker forum on Tuesday saying they don’t see either candidate being any closer to having the votes needed to secure the gavel on the floor.
Driving the news: “No one is close to 217,” Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) said after Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La) and Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) pitched members on why they believe they should be the next speaker.
Back in the day, Ronald Reagan talked about ‘The Big Tent’ and how GOPs shouldn’t slash each other.
Of course, Reagan himself happily backstabbed Gerald Ford by demanding Ford keep the Panama Canal…