Shrillland wrote:Thermodolia wrote:So I found something interesting out. The speaker is elected by the majority of the votes cast, not the majority of the representatives.
What this means is that the actual number for majority can be far lower. As of right now the majority number is 217. However if day for example the 31 republicans who all voted to nominate Biggs decided to just not vote or voted present then the majority needed would be 202. Which means the democrats would control the speakership.
Granted this is unlikely to happen but it would be funny to see. More likely is democrats working to support a centrist candidate on the second round like David Valadao or Jerrod Golden for speaker
I think Valadao would be the better option, to name any Democrat would be exceedingly bad optics given that the Republicans did get an albeit slim majority of seats.
Would it though? I'm not really sure how much traction Republicans are going to get out of "It's not fair of the Democrats to take advantage of our complete inability to function as a party! We're supposed to be in charge of the House!"