Kevin McCarthy’s support is weakening as he loses a fifth straight speakership vote.
behind him, imploring them to “NOT TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A GIANT & EMBARRASSING DEFEAT,” referring to the 2022 midterms, in which Republicans secured control of the House but drastically underperformed expectations.not once, not twice, but three times on Tuesday
. The initial vote saw 19 Republicans vote for other members. The second saw the same 19 coalesce behind Rep. Jim Jordan . The third saw 20 vote for Jordan, including Rep. Byron Donalds , who voted for McCarthy on the first two ballots. “My vote yesterday was basically to break a deadlock, because we were deadlocked, and we were not getting anywhere,” Donaldson Wednesday. “Right now, he doesn’t have a pathway to get there. If that reemerges, yeah, I can be there, that’s fine, but what’s necessary now is that Republicans come together and find a way to elect a speaker.”
Spartz gave a similar reasoning when explaining why she voted “present’ on Wednesday. “We have a constitutional duty to elect the speaker of the House, but we have to deliberate further as a Republican conference until we have enough votes and stop wasting everyone’s time,” she said,. “None of the Republican candidates have this number yet. That’s why I voted present after all votes were cast.”
“We have a constitutional duty to elect the Speaker of the House, but we have to deliberate further as a Republican conference until we have enough votes and stop wasting everyone’s time,” she said. “None of the Republican candidates have this number yet. That’s why I voted present after all votes were cast.”
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