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Coming. as some of the discussion has been already today, this happened to john boehner. similar things happened to paul ryan. it seems that republicans when given the chance by the american people to take over the house want to fight with each other before they get down to the business of holding democrats accountable. but the pressure is going to -- the pressure is going to continue to grow against those who are holding out. why? because theres no alternative. matt gaetz, andy biggs, they dont...

There are other candidates other than jim jordan or kevin mccarthy to come. >> do you have any thoughts? >> i think steve scalise is a possibility. i think there are some dark horgs candidates that weve heard names floated in the conference that could still come out. >> i defy you to find another news network where the same show quotes tin cup and hill lel. i think its possible theres a dark horse. we have seen that. we havent seen it play out on the floor, but pre floor when newt gingrich was o...

The majority. it got signed off on on a pure party line vote. kevin mccarthy did not support that he says he goes i want ideological balances on committees. okay. kevin mccarthy has agreed to you ideological balance on committees. i dont understand what that is. radical departure of the status quo. in what way do you want a radical departure. >> ainsley: five holdouts, # holdouts, 14. there were five originals and then nine wrote a letter saying they werent sure if they were going to vote for hi...

Found. and as far as our requests being petty, i dont think a secure border is petty. i dont think a term limits bill being brought to the floor not demanding to pass but brought to the floor so we actually have an option to vote on that is petty. >> bret: congresswoman you are not saying your other colleagues dont want a secure border or dont want a balanced budget, right? youre not saying that about your republican colleagues? >> we havent seen that demonstrated from leadership. we asked for t...

Frustration. what the the heck are we doing if we cant get this figured out. i think eventually theres this push to get to a consensus candidate. whether that is mccarthy and he can move votes or somebody outside. a speaker doesnt have to be from in the chamber. we mentioned lee zeldin. hes the reason why this is a house majority of republicans in new york. he and the race for governor swayed a number of different house seats. could they say hey, lee zeldin could be the guy that brings us togeth...

0 >> john: doing the same thing and team 56 repeated over again, we could be here and march doing the same thing. we will see if there is anyway kevin mccarthy could convince the naysayers to come over to his side put i think there is two or three that will never switch. >> sandra: jim jordan made his best effort pitch the house for a moment ago. thank you for joining us, everyone in our coverage will continue. >> martha: thank you. continuing coverage here. im martha maccallum live in our natio...

John boehner. thats how paul ryan ended up becoming speaker. i think everything he has done in those seven years has been to avoid this situation. he has made inroads with the freedom caucus. made jim jordan the freedom caucus leader, one of his closest allies. he, of course, has gotten very close to donald trump. rehabilitated donald trump. i think all of these things were in an effort to be able to, when the moment came, to tell these people, you can trust me. im a conservative. im on your sid...

People will just come to a grinding halt. there will be hydrangea. youll see people like john bacon and nebraska, maybe ill go across the aisle to democrat. find someone whos a consensus candidate. maybe wont even be a member. the consultation is they have to be. i think they could be in for some real, real d. c. drama here. kind of stuff that even house of cards can come up with in the next few weeks. >> weve been saying that the past six years. juanita, its not like democrats are small, singul...

Perhaps you can help us here i couldve sworn andy biggs ran in the primary in november. why in the world, of course im asking you questions that i wish i could ask them, why in the world we have primaries and nominating conferences. andy biggs ran, he got 15% of the vote, how do you go from 15% of the vote to 218. it seems like it would be a lot shorter path to go from 85% of the vote to 218. is this really their plan do they think andy biggs is going to be the next speaker of the house? >> they...

The 218 votes he will need or half or however house members are present, can any other republican get to that number without democratic support. a lot of people -- by the way, alex, there are democrats that privately said they would be willing to support a consensus candidate. a lot of people think theres a chance we could get a speaker elected by a coalition of republicans and democrats, and that would be historic, and kevin mccarthy is doing everything he can to avoid that situation. and we sh...