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end up with a new kachb date? lets bring in one of the 20 rebellious republicans, chip roy of texas, a member of the house freedom caucus nominated jim jordan for the speaker ership the third ballot. congressman roy, thanks for joining us. youve been vocal about the opposition to mccarthy to be speaker and nominated jim jordan this time round and voted for biron donaldson. you seem different from some of your rebels, though, that you seem actually focussed on a set of pri of principles...

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...

Disaffected across this country looking at the swamp saying what is going on while we rack up debt and destroy our country. im not here to choose party over the people i represent. im here to stand up for the people i represent. even those -- i got a lot of people texting me saying keep going. i got a few going oh my god, you got to cut a deal and get behind mccarthy. this is how the sausage is made and happening in realtime. were having a real debate with 435 people on the floor of the house. o...

Want something that they could count on, something that they cannot just take back home but know that the american people will have a solid understanding they will achieve the things that are important to our party but also these 19 people. so i think that is why were in adjournment. i think that is the conversation that will take place tonight and then its to be seen what happens. >> allies of gop leader mccarthy say he has done almost everything he could give the rebels, changing the rules, ma...

Republican party is. >> yeah, i think the republican mccarthy, nothing he has done has strengthened his hand so this idea if they adjourn or not, that hes all of a sudden going to become everybodys favorite and get to the 218. it just doesnt really make any sense. i mean, these folks are digging in. they seem to be digging in harder. democrats are getting happier as this goes along. so the calculous isnt working for them. >> a question, if democrats start leaving the floor and theyre not voting,...

40 democrats were absent, that would lower the threshold. >> i see. >> enough to elect mccarthy. >> votes -- >> he would lose his votes, too. >> when youre not minority, you got to take as many wins as you can when you can get them. as much as we can i think accurately predict there would be plenty of embarrassing moments when it comes to passing legislation moving forward with this majority, this slim majority, its not guaranteed. here is a failure unlike anything weve seen since 1923. they sho...