Republicans voted by a narrow margin on Wednesday to nominate Scalise to replace McCarthy, but several lawmakers said after the closed-door meeting that they would not vote for him on the House floor. The number of hold-outs grew over the next 24 hours, making it clear that Scalise was nowhere close to securing the 217 votes he needed to secure the gavel.
- you were the whip, so this should be both unsurprising and also something you could deal with, and 2) you aren’t owed votes. If you aren’t offering anyone what they want, their job is technically to get stuff for their constituents. No goodies, no support. You don’t get in just because.