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like so many other local election workers in 2020 he was harassed and threatened as he did his job faithfully. he did not bend. he did not bow. he did not yield to the political threats and pressure. he hes so trusted by both political parties that the new democratic governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro appointed him as pennsylvanias secretary of state, a republican to ensure that the integrity of the election. thats a high compliment. [ applause ] his character and his commitments s...

That was hurting his threshold that he needs. they are expected to come back later tonight. that is why they adjourned. they will come back later tonight at 10:00 p.m., but they have a little more work to do because they have to flip at least two of the six remaining holdouts and im told there is going to be a big focus on freshman eli crane from arizona as well as matt rosendale from montana, and some of the concern from these members is that voting for kevin mccarthy is going to play poorly fo...

Melanie just reported? is one of the possibilities getting some of these individuals to at least vote present, which would bring down the standard of the threshold that mccarthy needs to reach from 218 to perhaps 217 or 216? >> yeah. jake, its good to be with you. its a good day for kevin mccarthy and our efforts to elect kevin as the next speaker of the house. we picked up 15 votes this afternoon in the vote series. that gives the momentum back to him. youre right in terms of what we have to do...

>> i counted. >> reporter: those two members i referred to, and crane is an incoming freshman. rosendale is a republican member from montana. both of them voted for jim jordan in this -- these past ballots. they are the ones who are the subject of a pretty swintense campaign, the lobbying campaign to win over at this moment. im told they have been concerned about the politics of supporting mccarthy, particularly crane saying that may not be good to support him, especially if he faces a primary i...