Dusty Johnson: “Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Newt Gingrich, they all became…”

“But there are scenarios like you described where people either aren't here or they choose to vote present whereby Kevin McCarthy could become speaker with fewer than 218 votes. This is not just theoretical. Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Newt Gingrich, they all became speaker with 216 votes. So it's absolutely possible, let's say Congressman McCarthy leans a little bit to the right, cuts a deal with some of his critics who are on that side of the political spectrum.” (04:03–04:11)

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