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Internal issues. but john in talking to a number of these senior republicans over the last several days, they do feel confident that they can ultimately get there even though they can only limit this factions to just four republicans nor to pass a bill long straight party lines. mccarthy i'm told, wants this on the floor in may. the hope is they can get this out of the house and that will strengthen their negotiating position with the white house, even though as you said no chance of passing the senate. but they want to try to force the white house to the negotiating table because they're sayi...

The first now is being credited with getting this across the finish line. >> i don't think trump is ultimately the factor that kevin mccarthy elected speaker. but there is an issue about the party brandon who represents the party. looks like a gerry springer show on the house floor at 1:30 a.m. in the morning until mccarty finally got the final votes to become speaker. i think the issue for republicans and mccarthy in particular yes it's good to open it's good to have transparency. and to have the masters jason was talking about. we have such a narrow republican majority and a strong leader. i...

Ballot, and they didn't, by the, way they just voted present, they are election deniers who supported donald trump's big baseless lie about a stolen election. five of the six of them continue to object and vote against the certification of the votes on january six, 2021, even after the mob ransacked the capital and endangered their lives and their coworkers lives. in creating a stalemate for the speakership, gaetz and his colleagues took the opportunity, once again, to stall government and wreak havoc during a transition of power, a vulnerable period for democracy. in doing so, they forced mcc...

0 [applause] >> buck has voted for mccarthy as expected. >> gaetz? >> president. >> present. [applause] >> gosar. >> [inaudible] [applause] >> mccarthy. >> mccarthy. graves of louisiana? >> mccarthy. >> mccarthy. >> you can see, -- matt gaetz voting present. that means two of the six republican holdouts voted present. we had goals are coming through for mccarthy again. this is not enough for kevin mccarthy. this is as close as you can be with being there without actually being there. three present votes from this list would have done it for kevin mccarthy. one -- were just hearing the final na...

Were first elected to the house and the tea party wave in 2010 and you were a leader of the caucus and ran in 2013, 2015 you voted for boehner as speaker and you had reservations. tell us how you see this playing out. >> yeah, i don't think i ran for speaker in 2013 but all the rest of that is right. >> okay. >> i didn't vote for boehner. >> your name was floated i should say. >> that's very flattering. how does it shake out? honestly, if it's not kevin i don't know who it is. that's the conversation i've been having with the 19 never kevin folks, many of whom are my friends. guys, who iat is ...