Twitter CEO Elon Musk posted a message early Thursday morning in which he supported House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to be the next Speaker of the House.
Twitter owner and CEOis backing House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy in his bid to become Speaker of the House, tweeting his support as McCarthy enters his third day of trying to garner enough votes to get the job.
Since Tuesday, the House has been holding votes to elect a new speaker, but after six ballots there remains no end in sight.Despite Republicans holding a majority in the House,due to a group of less than two dozen GOP representatives-elect who claim he does not adequately represent their conservative positions. McCarthy needs 218 members to vote for him, but with 20 voting against him and one voting present, he was stuck at 201 on Wednesday. On Tuesday, he had 203.
"The reality is Rep. Kevin McCarthy doesn’t have the votes. I committed my support to him publicly and for two votes on the House Floor. 218 is the number, and currently, no one is there," Donalds tweeted Tuesday."Our conference needs to recess and huddle and find someone or work out the next steps but these continuous votes aren’t working for anyone."Washington , D.C. - January 3: Rep.
"Some really good conversations took place last night, and it’s now time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE FOR KEVIN," Trump wrote.WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 14: Rep. Matt Gaetz walks out of the committee room during a hearing with the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information System in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 14, 2021 in Washington, DC.
"Sad!" Gaetz said in a Wednesday statement."This changes neither my view of McCarthy, nor Trump, nor my vote."
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