Sorry that I haven't heard the news yet, but I've looked on here and other sites and have yet to hear of the final vote totals. What deal did Gaetz extract from McCarthy that the "group of 20" let a few of their members cross over and cast the deciding vote for McCarthy?
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There were quite a few but the biggest one being the rule that allows 1 person to bring forward vote to vacate the chair, then he would need 217 votes to stay in chair. That essentially means the 20 MAGA have control over McCarthy so essentially Trump has control over McCarthy
I don't think this can be underestimated (over estimated?). McCarthy might not have a long run as speaker.
I thinks it's misunderestimate :-)
And the process to become Speaker really drillled it into KM’s head that his position as speaker is tenuous - at the discretion of a few dozen hard core MAGA reps.