11:55 PM ET: ADJOURNMENT VOTE FAILED. THE 15TH VOTE JUST STARTED. BIGGS JUST VOTED "PRESENT". BOEBERT JUST VOTED PRESENT (AGAIN). MCCARTHY WILL WIN THIS ON THE 15TH ROUND. UNLESS.....THEY ARE TROLLING MCCARTHY AND GAETZ VOTES FOR BIGGS NOW THAT BIGGS VOTED "PRESENT". IF EVERYTHING ELSE HOLDS, IT WILL JUST BE A SWAP OF THE LAST VOTE AND MCCARTHY WILL FALL SHORT AGAIN BY ONE VOTE. BUT AT THIS POINT...I THINK MCCARTHY AS SPEAKER IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GET THIS WEEKEND. (I PRAY/HOPE I AM DEAD WRONG.)
This is the speech by Michael Knowles, who preceded Glenn Beck at the tribute. Note: the last few minutes of this recording are missing.
This was the highlight of the event. Honestly, I'm not a Glenn Beck fan, per se — he's just not my cup of tea, though I did enjoy his show years ago on Fox and supported The Blaze in its first several years. But in this speech, Glenn talked about the things Charlie stood for: Christianity, attending church, respecting and loving the people you disagree with, and marriage and having LOTS of babies. All of those are near and dear to my heart too, so I really liked this speech.
(Michael Knowles spoke before Glenn — I'll put up his speech tomorrow.)
