These House Republicans Say They Are Not Going To Vote For Steve Scalise As House Speaker

• In a tweet, Colorado representative Lauren Boebertstated, "I will be voting for Jim Jordan to be Speaker of the House on the floor when the vote is called."
• Rep. Michael Cloudfrom Texas, wrote, "While I respect Steve Scalise, the underhanded efforts to rush this vote to the floor without getting full buy-in from the conference is extremely ill-advised and I will not be supporting the nomination on the floor, absent a further discussion."
• According to Florida Representative Carlos Gimenez, "I've always said I'm a McCarthy guy so until he says, hey, don't vote for anybody else... 'til he comes to me and says that, I'm voting for McCarthy."
• Virginia representative Bob Goodsaid, "I am still supporting Jordan. The country cannot afford the status quo."
• In a tweet, Georgian representative Marjorie Taylor Greenesaid, "Jim Jordan is the fighter we need to be Speaker of the House in this time of national crisis."
• Rep. Nancy Maceof South Carolina said, "I plan on voting for Jim Jordan on the floor. I've been very vocal about this over the last couple of days." She also explained, "I personally cannot, in good conscience, vote for someone who attended a white supremacist conference and compared himself to David Duke. I would be doing an enormous disservice to the voters I represent in South Carolina if I were to do that."In 2014, Scalise issued an apology for a speech he gave in 2002 to the European-American Unity and Rights Organization (EURO), which was established by David Duke, a white nationalist and former head of the Ku Klux Klan.
• Ohio Representative Max Millertold reporters, "I'm still putting my support behind Jim Jordan for Speaker. I'm not going to change my vote now or anytime soon on the House floor."
• Rep. Chip Royof Texas objected to plans for a quick vote soon after the conference selected Scalise. He said, "I will not be voting for @SteveScalise on the floor this afternoon. The House GOP should NOT have called a vote at 300pm after finishing the vote at 130pm in Conference. That is unacceptable & purposeful."
• The Pennsylvania representative Lloyd Smucker tweeted, "The House GOP Conference is broken. So we oust Kevin McCarthy and all other leaders are rewarded with promotions?... We need to chart a different path forward. In the meantime, I plan to vote for Jim Jordan on the floor."
• Rep. George Santosof New York tweeted on Wednesday evening, "It's just past 9:40pm and I have yet to hear from the Speaker-Designate. So I've made my decision and after 10 months and having had 0 contact or outreach from him, I've come to the conclusion that my VOTE doesn't matter to him. I'm now declaring I'm an ANYONE but Scalise and come hell or high water I won't change my mind."

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