Liberals Were Just Dying to Share This Talking Point Last Night
The Crusty Commies Are a Joke
Barack Obama Doing This Behind the Scenes Confirms Again That Kamala Was a...
Lawn Gone Liberty: The Update
Deportation Dysphoria in the Press, and MSNBC Loses Its Star Statistician
Jeffrey Goldberg Congratulates Himself All Over PBS
Shut Down the Department of Education ASAP
Why National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Will Make Americans Safer
Self-Destructive Democracies
The President Who Set the Precedent Against a Third Term
Roadmap to Reform CDC -- Currently the Centers for Disaster and Confusion
Progressives Are Well Organized, Patriotic Americans Have to Do It Even Better
Supreme Court’s Getting Busy
Lawmakers Shouldn’t Let Bad Actors Get Away With Harming Children Online
Where Are the Left’s Protests Now?
Tipsheet

Someone New Just Entered the House Speaker Race

AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

Rep. Steve Scalise, who had secured the Republican Party’s nomination to be the next House speaker, officially dropped out on Thursday after he was short of the 217 votes required on the House floor to take the gavel. 

Advertisement

At this point any Republican that’s nominated will have a tough time as they can only afford to lose four GOP votes—a point President Trump acknowledged even with Rep. Jim Jordan, whom he endorsed for the position. 

But now, it looks like the Ohio Republican will have some competition from a seven-term lawmaker most have probably never heard of. 

On Friday, Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia announced he is running.  

“I have filed to be Speaker of the House,” he said on X. “We are in Washington to legislate, and I want to lead a House that functions in the best interest of the American people.”

He will likely face an even more uphill battle than Jordan, however. 

Advertisement

Jordan, for his part, sounded optimistic on Friday. 

“I think I can unite the conference; I think I can go tell the country what we’re doing and why it matters to them, and we’ll talk about that," he told reporters. “I think it’s important that the House get open and operating as soon as possible."

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement