House GOP members are in complete disarray as they try to elect a speaker. There is a bloc of 20 republicans who are creating gridlock for republicans - they refuse to vote for Kevin McCarthy. They’ve been deemed the “Taliban Twenty” by some Dem House members as a joke. This has led to Hakeem Jeffries winning 5 votes, despite not having enough votes to take the speaker role.

The “Taliban Twenty” are demanding a list of concessions from republicans in return for votes. Republicans have ceded on several concessions, but the dissenting members still maintain that the concessions are not enough.

On Tuesday, the dissenting members voted for Jim Jordans - despite Jim Jordans, himself, nominating, and voting for Kevin McCarthy. They voted three times on Tuesday, and all three times, Kevin McCarthy could not secure the seat.

It’s gotten to the point that even Donald Trump took to social media to encourage the far-right bloc, which mostly aligns with Trump, to vote for McCarthy. But even Donald Trump has had no ability to chorale them.

Today, on Wednesday, the dissenting members nominated and voted for Byron Donalds. They have voted six times so far.

Republicans are very angry with each other, and fighting tooth and nail. Today at 3:24 PM, in the middle of Rep. Kat Cammack’s monologue, House Republicans started to heckle and yell.

At one point today, it was rumoured that Kevin McCarthy and other establishment republicans were trying to talk to Dems about a “unity candidate” - but Hakeem Jeffries made a statement that indicated Dems are unwilling to work with Republicans.

Hakeem Jeffries Weighs In

Trump Endorses McCarthy

Trump is urging fellow republicans to vote for McCarthy, saying "...it’s now time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE FOR KEVIN, CLOSE THE DEAL, TAKE THE VICTORY.." and saying "Kevin McCarthy will do a good job, and maybe even a GREAT JOB - JUST WATCH!"

MAGA Republicans Continue to Go Against McCarthy

Meanwhile, the most fervent MAGA republicans continue to vote against McCarthy:

Matt Gaetz (https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz)

Lauren Boebert (https://twitter.com/laurenboebert)

Far Right Commentators Weigh In

Nick Fuentes

Nick Fuentes took to telegram to call out Marjorie Taylor Greene, and threatened to release a hidden recording of her too. He goes on to say that Trump's endorsement of McCarthy is a mistake.

Laura Loomer

Laura Loomer is in DC, confronting various politicians, and being very vocal about her distaste with McCarthy:

She even went on to harass Kevin McCarthy's roommate at a funeral:

Ali Alexander

Ali Alexander spoke on the Speaker situation, calling out Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene: