MONSTROSITIES TO PAY FOR LATER
ON, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> TODAY MARKS TWO YEARS SINCE
THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION AT
THE CAPITOL.
TO DATE, MORE THAN 950 PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION
WITH THE STORMING OF THE CAPITOL
AND THE ATTEMPT TO STOP THE
CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION.
ALL 8 OF WISCONSIN'S MEMBERS OF
THE HOUSE WERE THERE THAT DAY.
7 OF THEM INSIDE THE BUILDING.
THE 8TH MEMBER IS REPUBLICAN
DEREK VAN ORDEN, WHO WAS NOT IN
CONGRESS THEN.
HE ATTENDED THE RALLY OUTSIDE
THE CAPITOL BUT CLAIMS HE DID
NOT ENTER THE BUILDING OR
PARTICIPATE IN THE VIOLENCE THAT
DAY.
VAN ORDEN WAS ELECTED THIS FALL
TO REPRESENT WISCONSIN'S THIRD
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
HOWEVER, HE STILL HASN'T BEEN
SWORN IN TO OFFICE BECAUSE
REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO
AGREE ON WHO TO ELECT AS SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE.
REPUBLICAN KEVIN MCCARTHY HAS
FAILED IN MORE THAN A DOZEN
VOTES SINCE TUESDAY WITH A SMALL
GROUP OF HOLDOUTS PREVENTING HIM
FROM GETTING A MAJORITY.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN 100 YEARS
A SPEAKER WASN'T CHOSEN ON THE
FIRST BALLOT, AND THIS MARKS THE
MOST VOTES SINCE 1860 WHEN
44 VOTES WERE NEEDED.
THE RECORD, BY THE WAY, WAS SET
IN 1856, WHEN IT TOOK 133 ROUNDS