BREAKING: Steve Scalise Drops Out of Speaker Race (VIDEO)
Steve Scalise has dropped out of the speaker race.
Here is the report from Politico:
The House GOP’s pick for speaker, Steve Scalise, announced Thursday he will no longer seek the gavel as he confronted a likely insurmountable vote shortage.
While Scalise had won a majority of votes in an internal GOP ballot a day earlier, he faced staunch resistance from multiple Republicans who vowed to support only his opponent, Rep. Jim Jordan, on the floor.
Politico further notes that Jordan is expected to make another run for the position.
As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier today, Scalise was expected to make this move. Now we wait to see what the GOP will do next.
Here is the video of Scalise speaking about dropping out:
Relevant Transcript:
Scalise: It’s been a great journey and it’s a long way to go. I just shared with my colleagues that I am withdrawing my name of Speaker designee…If you look at our conference, it still needs to come together and it’s not there. There are still people with their own agenda.
And I was very clear: we have to have everyone put their agendas on the side and focus on what this country needs. This country needs us to come together.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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