It isn't enough to not like a particular candidate for Speaker of the House.
THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE WHO IS RUNNING.
Last I heard there was not.
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People are interpreting an online 'agenda' as a feeler. It is supposedly triggered by the screwed up Hegseth vote today. Here is an explanation...
There actually does not need to be an alternative. If a sufficient number refuse to vote for Jeffries that he can't get a 218 majority, then they can hold up the vote, as the Republicans did in 2024. If they stand tough, they can demand an alternative. That's how Johnson got the Speakership after many votes.
Agree this is all very unlikely, but that is the mechanism that could come into play.
https://www.voanews.com/a/explainer-how-the-house-of-representatives-elects-a-speaker/6907009.html
@hrefna Bluesky has somehow coalesced on a fan consensus to nominate Ayanna Pressley but Ayanna Pressley has not to my knowledge accepted this idea and may not even be aware Bluesky has such a meme; and IMO she needs two years to successfully run for such a position not two months
As a constituent of Ayanna Pressley I'd be very excited about her spending the next 2 years running to replace Jeffries in 2028