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Received 212. applause from the state of ohio, two. the honourable andy biggs of the state of arizona has received two. no member elect, having received a majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. studio: so hearing confirmation that the speaker has not been elected. lets now speak to david willis, our north america

0 >> now theyre going through the scraps, the people that missed their vote. these are the key votes, and matt gaetz is the keyest of them all. lets listen in. >> gaetz. >> present. >> present. >> he voted present. that will not be enough to deliver the speakership to kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy needed matt gaetz to vote yes. they needed -- present votes dont hurt. its at least a nod in the right direction, but they needed three of the holdouts to vote present not two. lets listen in. gosar v...

Speaker, while sharing how angry he felt about being accused of using donalds as a prop. >> that member elect wrote and sent out to america that byron donalds is a prop. i have spent a good bit of time with mr. donalds. especially lately. he aint no prop. and if he were a prop, he wouldnt be sitting where hes sitting. this is the tired old grotesquely racist rhetoric we have seen far too long. >> me thinks the congressman protests too much. never mind he supports efforts that disproportionately ...

Really is a continued distraction of the chaos that their conference is going through and the american public fully saying, you know, we made a mistake in sending these people to represent us in congress, they have this majority they dont even know how to handle. its been three days, they havent been able to organize the house, we dont have a speaker, none of us have been sworn in, all of us are member-elect. we dont even know if our staff and ourselves will be paid. we cant take cases of our co...

Speaker mccarthy. and that choice, has not gone unnoticed. cori bush of missouri put it this way, quote, for what its worth, byron donalds is not an historic candidate for speaker. hes a prop. despite being black, he supports a policy agenda and tendon upholding and perpetuating white supremacy. his name being in the mix is not progress, its pathetic. today republicans swore up and down that congresswoman bush was wrong. >> yesterday, we could have elected the first black speaker of the united s...

Another member-elect appeared on the screen. that member-elect wrote and sent out to america that byron donalds is a prop. he aint no prop. and if he were a prop, he wouldnt be sitting where hes sitting. this is the tired old grotesquely racist rhetoric that weve seen far too long. >> thats the line, the party that has never in modern history put forward a black person as a potential leader in congress that tends to vote against policies that would aid communities of color, members of that party...

>> a federal republic such as ours, its a dynamically unstable one. >> they told the american people they wanted to win the majority to fight inflation. the only thing theyre fighting is each other. >> no member elect, having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. >> bret: so you are saying the 14th could be the chance. 1st ballot tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern time. today, kevin mccarthy had 15 lawmakers flip their votes from opposing him to voting for mccarthy an...

-elect when you are supposed to be sworn in yesterday. but -- here we go! what was your experience being on the house floor today, watching this unfold as the very first speakers votes that you have watched in that body, and listening to the other side fighting with themselves over -- were not sure what... -- >> it was a remarkable experience and fortunately was only a few hours. because once again, the republicans have adjourned the critical votes of speaker of the house which is necessary befo...

>> no member elect, having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. the speaker has not been elected. >> she should just record that and keep pushing play throughout the day today, and maybe it might happen again tomorrow. could they still have not managed to elect the speaker of the house? not yet, anyway. and it has been 100 years that this has actually even happened, let alone on the first, or second, or maybe now go...

Fox news story that incorrectly reported that i said that if i dont prevail on the question before the house i will resign. that member, that member elect quote tweeted that incorrect story for his own political purposes. after the story had been corrected and the actual statement contradicting that report had been provided. this is the old trafficking in lives in washington that the american people know far too will. by the way, i am not leaving. [applause] kevin mccarthy released to the public...