Rep. Kevin Hern might consider being speaker if McCarthy falls short, source says

[Algernon Moncrieff]

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-leadership-vote-01-05-23/h_889d4bbf7010d65db66ccffaa413339b

Unlike Rep. Jim Jordan, who vehemently was publicly opposed to being speaker, a source close to Rep. Kevin Hern told CNN me that he wouldn't be opposed to being speaker if McCarthy couldn't get the votes.

"If McCarthy can’t get the votes, Hern won’t turn down a challenge. People his entire life have been telling him he can’t do something and look where he is now," the source said.

Hern, who is the head of the Republican Study Committee, has received a couple of anti-McCarthy protest votes in the eighth round of voting, but it unclear if he, or anyone, could earn a winning number of votes.

My questions:

1) At some point, do they caucus again and consider re-voting on majority leader?
2) What other names will emerge?

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Unifying warring factions is difficult enough

Owning the libs just isn't enough

[Kaleva]

2. Kevin Hart is being talked about in some circles

It's a very small circle.

[honest.abe]

6. Dave Chappell also

[Lochloosa]

3. Uh...no

Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) introduced the Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act, which will prevent the Executive Branch from declaring an abortion-related public health emergency. Second, this legislation reinstates safety regulations and in-person dispensing requirements for dangerous chemical abortions. It further bars the FDA from waiving these protections in the future.

[Frasier Balzov]

4. Sounds like Hern is being called an underachiever in an admiring way.

[bigtree]

5. this will just devastate

...the 'never kevin' t-shirt market.