We already have 52 members that are committed. We only need 56 out of all the Republicans. There's no way he can win unless. Well, and the nuclear option is. The caucus rule is you cannot seek Democrat support until you win the caucus vote. Now, Tony had broken caucus rules last session to go against the unit party. So what happened is when we got into this caucus meeting, Dustin Burroughs walks in and he was smug and he was super confident. (1:38:12–1:38:18)
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Asserts a caucus rule prohibiting seeking Democrat support before winning the caucus vote.
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