President Joe Biden says House Republicans' inability to unify behind a speaker candidate is “embarrassing” and “not a good look” for the country. Speaking at...
to win the post Tuesday, seeing his support erode by one on the final ballot. On that vote, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., switched his support to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who — despite nominating McCarthy for speaker — received six votes on the first ballot, 19 on the second and 20 on the third.
It’s unclear, however, whether the former president’s all-caps advice to House Republicans will move any votes in McCarthy’s favor. McCarthy left the floor Tuesday afternoon And even as McCarthy was working the phones from the speaker’s office after the chamber adjourned Tuesday, some of his antagonists took issue. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., , asking, “How long will he remain there before he is considered a squatter?”
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