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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 there's no alternative. matt gaetz, andy biggs, they don't have an alternative. they all know andy biggs is not an alternative. he will never be speaker but...

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 we've 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 it's possible there's a dark horse. we have seen that. we haven't seen it play out on the floor, but pre floor when newt gingrich was ousted and they were looking for a consensus candidate. >> turns out he was a child molester, but...

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 don't 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 weren't sure if they were going to vote for him either. that's a total of 14. we will see what happens today. he does have the majority of the v...

Found. and as far as our requests being petty, i don't think a secure border is petty. i don't 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 don't want a secure border or don't want a balanced budget, right? you're not saying that about your republican colleagues? >> we haven't seen that demonstrated from leadership. we asked for the republican study committee's budget be put forward. this is a budget that balances in seven...

Frustration. what the the heck are we doing if we can't get this figured out. i think eventually there's this push to get to a consensus candidate. whether that is mccarthy and he can move votes or somebody outside. a speaker doesn't have to be from in the chamber. we mentioned lee zeldin. he's 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 together. who knows. it really is that way. >> i don't think we know yet, do we, whether or not they'r...