First round a disgrace. I hear some votes for Scalise again. A vote for Lee Zeldin too. Kevin McCarthy got a vote. McCarthy votes for Jim Jordan. Looks like Jordan will win after a prolonged battle like Kevin McCarthy. Hopefully it won't go that long.
UPDATE:
These are the 20 Republicans who voted against Jim Jordan on the first ballot for Speaker of the House and the phone numbers to their offices.
MELT THEIR PHONE LINES.
-Don Bacon of Nebraska: (202) 225-4155
-Ken Buck of Colorado: (202) 225-4676
-Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon: (202) 225-5711
-Anthony D’Esposito of New York: (202) 225-5516
-Mario Diaz Balart of Florida: (202) 225-4211
-Jake Ellzey of Texas: (202) 225-2002
-Andrew Garbarino of New York: (202) 225-7896
-Carlos Gimenez of Florida: (202) 225-2778
-Tony Gonzales of Texas: (202) 225-4511
-Kay Granger of Texas: (202) 225-5071
-Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania: (202) 225-5406
-Jen Kiggans of Virginia: (202) 225-4215
-John James of Michigan: (202) 225-4961
-Nick LaLota of New York: (202) 225-3826
-Doug Lamalfa of California: (202) 225-3076
-Mike Lawler of New York: (202) 225-6506
-John Rutherford of Florida: (202) 225-2501
-Mike Simpson of Idaho: (208) 334-1953
-Victoria Spartz of Indiana: (202) 225-2276
-Steve Womack of Arkansas: (202) 225-4301
Make sure to call all of them and respectfully explain why Jim Jordan needs to be elected Speaker. Do not say anything violent on the calls. These are recorded lines usually and they will use it against you. These holdouts need to be flipped so we can get Jordan in the Speakership.
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.)
