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Another member-elect appeared on the screen. that member-elect wrote and sent out to america that byron donalds is a prop. he ain't no prop. and if he were a prop, he wouldn't be sitting where he's sitting. this is the tired old grotesquely racist rhetoric that we've seen far too long. >> that's the line, the party that has never in modern history put forward a black person as a potential leader in congress that tends to vote against policies that would aid communities of color, members of that party are not make a mockery of the importance of diversifying congressional leadership. how could a...

>> a federal republic such as ours, it's a dynamically unstable one. >> they told the american people they wanted to win the majority to fight inflation. the only thing they're fighting is each other. >> no member elect, having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. >> bret: so you are saying the 14th could be the chance. 1st ballot tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern time. today, kevin mccarthy had 15 lawmakers flip their votes from opposing him to voting for mccarthy and there you see them all there. there are still six holdouts and from our interview earlier on com...

-elect when you are supposed to be sworn in yesterday. but -- here we go! what was your experience being on the house floor today, watching this unfold as the very first speakers votes that you have watched in that body, and listening to the other side fighting with themselves over -- we're not sure what... -- >> it was a remarkable experience and fortunately was only a few hours. because once again, the republicans have adjourned the critical votes of speaker of the house which is necessary before any member can be sworn in. new members like me, but former members as well. they are currently ...

>> no member elect, having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. the speaker has not been elected. >> she should just record that and keep pushing play throughout the day today, and maybe it might happen again tomorrow. could they still have not managed to elect the speaker of the house? not yet, anyway. and it has been 100 years that this has actually even happened, let alone on the first, or second, or maybe now going into a seventh or more around. it is beginning to feel like it may be 100 more before it may fin...

Fox news story that incorrectly reported that i said that if i don't prevail on the question before the house i will resign. that member, that member elect quote tweeted that incorrect story for his own political purposes. after the story had been corrected and the actual statement contradicting that report had been provided. this is the old trafficking in lives in washington that the american people know far too will. by the way, i am not leaving. [applause] kevin mccarthy released to the public on new year's eve a document entitled "restoring the people's house and ending