Multiple members emerged from the House GOP’s speaker forum on Tuesday saying they don’t see either candidate being any closer to having the votes needed to secure the gavel on the floor.

Driving the news: “No one is close to 217,” Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) said after Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La) and Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) pitched members on why they believe they should be the next speaker.

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    I’m hoping that this situation finally makes them realize that a 9 seat majority isn’t exactly a mandate from God, and that they need to work across political lines to govern.

    Republicans don’t want to govern though. They’re perfectly fine with the federal government being absolutely crippled; the only reason they’re panicking right now is because they are squarely taking the blame for it and can’t spin it as the Democrats’ fault.

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        It’s the independents (whoever they are) that swing elections in places. And those places fill seats.

        We need all swing voters to see the shitshow that is the GOP. It’s already obvious, but I’ve encountered way to many"enlightened/disengaged" voters and I’m ready for them to see that can’t afford that shit now.

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        Oh, I didn’t say they weren’t trying. But even a dim bulb can figure out that if it takes a majority of the House to elect and keep a Speaker, and the House has a Republican majority, then the reason there isn’t a Speaker is because the majority party can’t keep their shit together.