By Brian Freeman
Newsmax
January 4, 2023
As the House tries for a second day to elect a speaker and get down to the business of legislating, a group of those leading the opposition to selecting Rep. Kevin McCarthy for the position told the California Republican that they’re even willing to have the vote go to a plurality with Democrat Rep. Hakeem Jeffries becoming speaker, Jake Sherman tweeted Wednesday.
Sherman, founder of Punchbowl News, wrote in the tweet that the group issuing the threat — including Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.; Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.; and Scott Perry, R-Pa. — told McCarthy in a private meeting Tuesday that they’re willing to have Jeffries, D-N.Y., become the speaker, because, in any case, they will fight against him.