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in this moment it s unclear if there is any concession they will accept beyond kevin mccarthy taking his name out of consideration. unclear if the house adjourns as soon as it gavels in or the opposition is going to force mccarthy to stomach another vote and likely public humiliation. cnn s capitol hill team is tracking every development on very little sleep. let s check in with manu raju. manu, mccarthy allies remain worried and now they re worried that they might even begin to hemorrhage even more support on a potential fourth ballot. yeah, that s been the reason why there have been active suggests to try to delay today s vote, move to adjourn the house immediately as they come into session at noon. but here s the problem. they don t have the votes to do that and i just talked to two republican members of the leadership team who just left kevin mccarthy s office, richard hudson and tom emmer. both said the vote will happen at noon. they expect that to happen and the ....
Believe this is what their con st constituents want. the reading clerk will call the roll. that s what everyone around kevin mccarthy says, we cannot let this happen. if you give them any more let s listen in. congressman i rise to nominate the gentleman from california, mr. kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. the gentleman is recognized. [ applause ] thank you. [ cheers and applause ] ....
Parties is now a coalition of qanon believers, oath keepers, insurrectionists, and apologists for qanon believers, oath keepers, and insurrectionists. just yesterday the washington post ran an exhaustive profile of kevin mccarthy the gop leader in the house and in all those thousands of words there was no mention of him giving a pass to qanon and other crazies in his ranks. in fact, gop congresswoman marjorie taylor green s unhinged statements was labeled old, offensive views by the post. to be crystal clear american democracy is on the line. the gop has been radicalized and taken over by extremists and con st. pierre cysts. at a time like this we in the supposedly liberal media cannot be white washing or normalizing what is basically far right facism at our door. for more on this let s turn to the washington bureau chief for mother jones and msnbc ....