They may pull together in the end, but if not, McCarthy won't be Speaker. There are only 221 Republicans in the House, and he needs 218 votes to succeed. This could be interesting. But I suspect those 20 will just demand favors for their votes. (Marjorie Taylor Greene has already done so.) Otherwise, the Speaker will end up being the Democratic nominee: Hakeem Jeffries, who will also be the minority leader.
And check out this insanity...
What. The. Fuck.In October 2015, the Freedom Caucus was credited with forcing Republican House Speaker John Boehner's resignation from both the speakership and the House, after complaining about some of his moderate actions and claiming they'd been punished for opposing his nomination at the start of the term.
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The caucus, currently led by Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, is invite-only and purposefully secretive, with the official member list kept private from American voters.
People
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE 12/1: Correction:
I had been reading that Kevin McCarthy needs 218 votes to become Speaker, but now I'm hearing that he simply needs a majority of the votes cast. So that's a little more complex.
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