Lauren Boebert

Is this a game show?” the Fox News host asked after he interrupted Boebert.

Fox NewsFox News host Sean Hannity engaged in an unusually heated discussion with Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on Wednesday about why she and a handful of her ...

Trump could technically be nominated as House leader, as the role does not require the candidate to be a member of the House of Representatives.

[to "take the victory" and "vote for Kevin." [has already given his endorsement to McCarthy](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-comes-out-swinging-kevin-mccarthy-1771232) on Wednesday, calling for House Republicans to "take the victory" and "vote for Kevin." ](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-comes-out-swinging-kevin-mccarthy-1771232) [In a speech that shocked Congress](https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-attack-donald-trump-shocks-congress-kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-vote-1771392) on Wednesday, Boebert called for her "favorite president" to "tell [Representative] Kevin McCarthy that 'sir, you do not have the votes and it's time to withdraw.'" Trump could technically be nominated as House leader, as the position does not require for the candidate to be a member of the House of Representatives. [ultraconservative Freedom Caucus](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/freedom-caucus), and Boebert is among the defectors that led McCarthy to lose six consecutive votes in [Congress](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/congress) between Tuesday and Wednesday, a historic defeat. [Fox News](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/fox-news) TV host [Sean Hannity](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/sean-hannity) during a heated debate on his show on Wednesday night, Colorado congresswoman [Lauren Boebert](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/lauren-boebert)—who is among the 20 House [Republicans](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/republicans) who voted against [Kevin McCarthy](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy) becoming House leader—suggested she might nominate [Donald Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/donald-trump) as House Speaker on Thursday.

Lauren Boebert looks genuinely surprised and uncomfortable with Sean Hannity's direct questions about why she thinks her pick for House Speaker, ...

Why is it time for him to withdraw and not you when he has so many more votes? I'm frustrated by you not answering a direct question. So there are more for us than are against us.

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.

Joy Behar mocked Rep. Lauren Boebert on 'The View' after she defended blocking Kevin McCarthy from securing the House Speaker title.

[Joy Behar](https://decider.com/tag/joy-behar) is no fan of McCarthy, she also had nothing nice to say about Boebert. As [Kevin McCarthy](https://decider.com/tag/kevin-mccarthy) tries to lock down the title for the third day today, the co-hosts chatted about what lies in store for the Republican party, but not before taking a few jabs at one of its newest (and most controversial) stars. It was nice that they took a break from destroying the country and started to turn on each other.”