Lauren Boebert

I'm not frustrated. You didn't answer my question,” the Fox News host told the Republican congresswoman.

Boebert claimed the group was offering “a menu of options” for speaker because McCarthy’s “commitment to America is not as strong as I would like it to be.” Later, Hannity again pressed Boebert about whether the GOP opposition group had a firm candidate to oppose McCarthy. “Even having my favorite president call us and tell us we need to knock this off, I think it actually needs to be reversed,” Boebert said. “Why is it time for him to withdraw and not you when he has so many more votes?” McCarthy agreed to proposed rule changes that, if adopted, would weaken the position of speaker and ensure a tenuous hold on the job. In doing so, the Fox News host reflected on his guest’s words from earlier in the day on the House floor, when Boebert, who has become a face of the House hard-liners against McCarthy, said former president Donald Trump needed to tell the California Republican that “it’s time to withdraw.” Even though Trump supported McCarthy’s candidacy for speaker, the 20 Republicans who voted against the GOP House leader were nearly all hardcore Trump loyalists — and Hannity noted that while he did not disagree with Boebert on many topics, he said he could not understand why she would support what he called “a double standard” from the group by not withdrawing their opposition to McCarthy. “The president needs to tell Kevin McCarthy that, ‘Sir, you do not have the votes and it’s time to withdraw.’” So, if I’m going to use your words, and your methodology and your math, isn’t it time for you to pack it in and your side to pack it in considering he has over 200 and you have 20?” “He has 203. Your side has 20.

The president needs to tell Kevin McCarthy that, sir, you do not have the votes and it's time to withdraw.”

This might lead you to believe that, unappealing as he may be, McCarthy—who [lied about January 6 to help Trump](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/kevin-mccarthy-now-lying-about-capitol-riot-to-make-trump-like-him), has allowed GOP lawmakers to get away with [disgraceful](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/11/kevin-mccarthy-paul-gosar-aoc) [behavior](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/kevin-mccarthy-marjorie-taylor-greene-no-action), and is [generally a shameless hack](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/kevin-mccarthy-liz-cheney-donald-trump-january-6-audio)—is the least bad candidate for the job. “Praise the work and the leadership of Byron Donalds,” Boebert said on Wednesday, while nominating the Florida representative for Speaker. Some might say the fact that he hasn’t thrown in the towel after half a dozen losses suggests that he’s lost touch with reality or at least the reality of this specific situation. At this time, you might be wondering if there’s a point at which the House goes to plan B in order to pick its leader. That’s thanks to a group of GOP holdouts known as the House Freedom Caucus, who On Tuesday, the California Republican lost his bid to become Speaker of the House not one, not two, but three times.

I say a big boo-hoo to Sean Hannity,” one host declared. “Fox News and the right-wing media created Lauren Boebert.”

(Hannity, meanwhile, said in a recent deposition that [he never believed](https://www.thedailybeast.com/sean-hannity-admits-he-never-believed-sidney-powells-wacko-claims) the bogus election fraud claims pushed on-air by some of Trump’s allies.) [former Trump administration official](https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-trump-aide-alyssa-farah-griffin-says-she-put-cassidy-hutchinson-in-touch-with-liz-cheney) who has since become [a fierce critic of all things MAGA](https://www.thedailybeast.com/senior-trump-official-alyssa-farah-griffin-says-this-man-is-a-loser-after-midterms-let-down), Farah Griffin then noted that Hannity had also [amplified election denialism](https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-fox-news-primetime-jacked-up-trumps-big-lie) prior to the Jan. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), telling the Fox News star he helped “create” the lawmaker and the chaos that is currently consuming D.C. They featured her on air and turned her into a star and she’s weaponizing that power.” “Fox News and the right-wing media created Lauren Boebert. Kevin McCarthy for speaker, Boebert appeared on Hannity’s show Wednesday night to explain the MAGA group’s position.

Lauren Boebert formally nominated Rep. Kevin Hern, an Oklahoma Republican and former businessman. She implored her party to move away from Mr. McCarthy, ...

This is actually a really beautiful thing, to be here with all of my colleagues debating." I believe Kevin Hern is a unifier." Hern could be a consensus candidate.\n\n"We need to get to a point where we start evaluating what life after Kevin McCarthy looks like," she said.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Wednesday said former President Trump should tell Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that he should withdraw from the ...

[What America's Thinking](https://thehill.com/hilltv/america/) [Anyone BUT Kevin McCarthy? In a phone conversation with NBC News, the ex-president would not say if he was still supportive of McCarthy when asked, telling the network “we’ll see what happens.” Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that he should withdraw from the Speakership race, hours after the ex-president called on all Republicans to support McCarthy for the top spot in the chamber. “Praise the work and the leadership of Byron Donalds. House GOP Continues To BLOCK The Republican Leader From TOP SPOT](https://thehill.com/hilltv/america/3802615-anyone-but-kevin-mccarthy-house-gop-continues-to-block-the-republican-leader-from-top-spot/) [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) So let’s work together, let’s stop with the campaign smears and tactics to get people to turn against us.

House Republicans flailed through a second day of multiple balloting Wednesday, unable to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker or to come up with a ...

"Everything's on the table," said ally Rep. Steve Scalise, said in a Tuesday speech nominating McCarthy for the vote and urging his colleagues to drop their protest. That is not on the table." The standoff over McCarthy has been building since Republicans won the House majority in the midterm elections. He has been here before, having bowed out of the speakers race in 2015 when he failed to win over conservatives. It was the first time in 100 years that a nominee for House speaker could not take the gavel on the first vote, but McCarthy appeared undeterred. For a fifth time, Republicans tried to vote McCarthy into the top job as the House plunged deeper into disarray. Tensions flared among the new House majority as their campaign promises stalled out. "The American people are in charge." Animated private discussions broke out on the chamber floor between McCarthy supporters and detractors searching for an endgame. Earlier Wednesday, Trump had done the opposite, urging Republicans to vote for McCarthy. House Republicans flailed through a second day of multiple balloting Wednesday, unable to elect Rep.

The House speaker election has caused rifts between usually staunch allies, as Kevin McCarthy's candidacy was rejected by 20 Republicans.

[Boebert and the other Republicans who have so far opposed his bid](https://www.businessinsider.com/ways-house-speaker-battle-may-end-with-or-without-mccarthy-2023-1?r=US&IR=T) said they would back Rep. Lauren Boebert over her refusal to back Rep. Fox News host Sean Hannity challenged Republican Rep. In a situation not seen for a century, the election to choose a new Speaker of the House remains unresolved, despite two days of voting, as the - The GOP's failure to elect a House speaker has tipped the party into uncertainty. Kevin McCarthy's House speaker bid.

The 20 holdouts are strong allies of the former president - but won't back his choice for Speaker.

"REPUBLICANS, DO NOT TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A GIANT & EMBARRASSING DEFEAT," he said on his social media platform Truth Social. Kevin McCarthy will do a good job, and maybe even a GREAT JOB - JUST WATCH!" But in her nomination speech for an alternative Republican candidate, she said Mr Trump should instead call Mr McCarthy and tell him "it's time to withdraw".

Boebert is one of dozens of Republicans that have turned on Kevin McCarthy amid his faltering bid for speakership.

[failed to earn enough votes](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/05/mccarthy-house-speaker-vote-day-3). Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Thursday for opposing [told CNN](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/01/05/marjorie-taylor-greene-lauren-boebert-speaker-vote-mccarthy-demands-mtg-sot-lead-vpx.cnn) on Thursday. Kevin McCarthy's](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/02/mccarthy-speaker-vote-rule-changes) (R-Calif.) muddled [bid for House speakership](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/03/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-vote). Boebert is [one of dozens of Republicans](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/04/house-republicans-speaker-governable) that have turned on him despite former President Trump's [calls to support him](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/04/trump-mccarthy-gop-house-speaker-vote). Rep.

Meanwhile, Rep. Ken Buck thinks it'll be resolved over the weekend — hopefully.

“I think it is going to be resolved over the weekend, at some point. We need a leader that is not of the broken system, someone who is not beholden to the lobbyists, but to the people who sent us here. We're not going to let a small group beat us around and kick us around,” said GOP Rep. And like Boebert and the others, they too are digging in on their support for McCarthy. “I think a few more votes and we'll be able to take the temperature (of) folks, whether they are interested in moving now or whether they're interested in moving tomorrow,” he said. Byron Donalds of Florida in the 7th round of voting.