We're four away. And right before we, we had this caucus meeting, Dustin Burrows announces, I'm running for speaker. And I thought, this is silly. Like, this is insane. 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. (1:38:02–1:38:09)
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Asserts that 52 members are committed, needing 56 Republican votes.
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