They're not exactly household names. They all have one thing in common however, they're taking advantage of an unexpected opportunity to gain some real power in the party.
Since Matt Gaetz set the house on fire it's been a shit show of epic proportions. The last candidate running to replace ousted Kevin McCarthy lost the house vote three times before the party realized Jim Jordan was just too toxic.
We now have nine candidates stepping up on the national stage of this absurd theatre of the damned in Congress. Seven are election deniers and didn't vote to certify Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. Two of them actually did certify Biden's win.
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Rep. Tom Emmer (Minn.) voted to certify election.
Rep. Kevin Hern (Okla.) voted against certifying the election.
Rep. Pete Sessions (Tex.) voted against certifying the election.
Rep. Austin Scott (Ga.) voted to certify the election.
Rep. Byron Donalds (Fla.) voted against certifying the election.
Rep. Jack Bergman (Mich.) voted against certifying the election.
Rep. Mike Johnson (La.) voted against certifying the election.
Rep. Dan Meuser (Pa.) voted against certifying the election.
Rep. Gary Palmer (Ala.) voted against certifying the election.
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On Monday the party is holding a conference to hear from this new crop of chaos candidates seeking the gavel.
The plan is to vote Tuesday on its speaker designate. The trouble with that is nothing has gone as planned in the last nineteen days since Gaetz paralyzed Congress.
Who really believes this group of misfit lawmakers are going to come up with a nominee that will be able to get 217 votes?
Keep in mind this pathetic display of governing is inching the country towards a key deadline: the government will run out of funds on November 17th.
As it stands, the only hope I see for the GOP to get a nominee approved is by working with the Democrats. Let's see if my prediction turns out to be true.
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