Ken Buck, R-Colo., said Kevin McCarthy may need to step aside if no deal can be reached to get him elected House speaker.
Rep. Kat Cammack was booed and jeered after joking during her nomination of GOP leader Kevin McCarthy for House speaker that her Democratic colleagues were drinking during the proceedings., R-Calif., the GOP's primary candidate for House speaker, may need to step aside and let someone else run if he is unable to make a deal with the party's 20 holdouts who have so far refused to vote for him.
"I've had a number of conversations with Kevin, and I just basically told him that at some point this needs to break loose. He either needs to make a deal to bring the 19 or 20 over, or he needs to step aside and give somebody else a chance to do that," Buck said."I don’t know what that time frame is, but it makes sense that at some point today we’re able to move forward in a way that we elect a speaker.
"The smart thing to do is to get together, have a conversation, choose somebody and let’s move forward," he added., R-La., was next in line. "I think you need to break the 20 down. There are a few of those 20 that just aren't going to vote for Kevin McCarthy but would vote for somebody else. There are some of the others in that 20 who want changes in the rules and there are some others who care about policy. And so I think if Steve meets those three needs, he will be able to move forward and take the speakership," Buck continued.
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