House Majority Leader Steve “David Duke without the Baggage” Scalise on Wednesday defeated Trump-endorsed wrestling freak Jim “Reacharound” Jordan in a Republican conference-wide secret ballot election to determine the party’s nominee for Speaker of the House, Newsmax reports.
Scalise won 113 to 99, according to Politico’s Olivia Beavers. What this means for Scalise actually obtaining the gavel is not clear yet, but it doesn’t sound great for him if the total votes were still shy of the 217 required to win. There may still be holdouts when the vote goes to the full floor.