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BREAKING: Liz Cheney is now the favorite to become the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

GOP nominee for House speaker Jim Jordan has no path to the 217 votes needed to get elected Speaker.

25 GOP reps told JORDAN he will never be speaker.

https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1715367320011395223

GOP House speaker candidate can only afford to lose four Republicans out of the 217 in the conference if all Democrats vote against.

Democratic members of the house are considering nominating Former House member Liz Cheney for speaker as a compromise candidate.

Hakeem Jeffries: "we are saying to traditional Republican colleagues, good men & women on the other side of the aisle, end the attachment to the extremist Jordan & join w/Democrats in finding a bipartisan path forward"

"The bipartisan path forward is Liz Cheney", 10 House Democratic members told us.

The Constitution does not require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the House of Representatives, although every speaker thus far has been.

Dems are not likely to get the Five GOP votes needed to elect Hakeem Jeffries as speaker.

Hakeem Jeffries needed 10 GOP House members to vote “present,” which would have lowered the majority threshold to 212 votes - electing Democrat Hakeem Jeffries as elected speaker.

Under House rules, the winning speaker candidate must attain a majority among all representatives. Assuming full attendance, the majority threshold is 217 in the 433-member House (Republicans have a 221-to-212 seat majority.

GOP House speaker candidate can only afford to lose four Republicans out of the 217 in the conference if all Democrats vote against.

it's time to talk about Liz Cheney.

It's so much easier for Liz Cheney to get elected speaker than Democrat Hakeem Jeffries.

The Constitution does not require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the House of Representatives, although every speaker thus far has been.

Before her Criticism of former President Donald Trump, Liz Cheney was No. 3 in the GOP leadership.

With control of 221 seats, GOP controls just 9 more seats than Democrats’ 212, meaning that five GOP defections joining Dems are enough to elect compromise candidate as speaker.

Liz Cheney has the GOP numbers to become speaker.

10 GOP and 10 Dem U.S House REPS told us, "Liz Cheney could be the compromise candidate for Speaker."

UPDATE: House Republicans voted to remove Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as their speaker nominee.

The conference voted 112–86 in a secret ballot.

Dems are set to nominate Liz Cheney for speaker in the Next House Vote.

10 Dem U.S House REPS told us, "Liz Cheney is the compromise candidate for Speaker."