'Laughable': GOP rep says Republicans need 'accountability' — or he won’t back Scalise

During Monday's segment of CNN News Central, United States Representative Mike Lawler (R-NY) shared with host Boris Sanchez his thoughts on his House Republican colleagues' Wednesday decision to select U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) as the nominee for House Speaker.

Lawler is a supporter of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) who all House Democrats and eight House Republicans voted to oust from the seat earlier this month.

Sanchez asked Lawler, "Congressman, what does Steve Scalise need to do to earn your vote? You alluded to creating some kind of structure in which a motion to vacate would not be on the table the way it was for McCarthy, who was ultimately ousted. What else does Scalise need to do to become the 56th speaker in your eyes?"

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The New York GOP lawmaker replied, "Look, there needs to be accountability, and when you have a conference of 221 members and it requires 218 at any given point to pass legislation, then you need to have structure, you need to be able to work together as a team. And I think that has been one of the biggest challenges throughout these ten months, is the handful of people who have refused to work as a team. And unless there is accountability on that, it makes it very hard moving forward. The idea that somehow just changing — rearranging the deck chairs here is going to fix the problem or somehow that Kevin McCarthy was the problem is laughable. Kevin McCarthy did a phenomenal job as speaker, and I think the question for those moving forward is, 'What is actually going to change that's going to fix the problem?' and so far I still haven't heard an answer to that."

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