House Republicans flailed through second day of fruitless balloting Wednesday, unable to either elect leader Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.
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Seeing no quick way out of the political standoff, Republicans voted abruptly late in the day to adjourn for a few hours as they desperately searched for an endgame to the chaos of their own making. They were due back in the evening, but McCarthy wanted to take a break until Thursday. She said, “To all Americans watching right now, We hear you. And we will get through this — no matter how messy.”
But the dynamic proved no different from Day One, as Democrats re-upped their leader, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, for speaker, and Donalds offered his challenge to McCarthy in another history making moment. Both Jeffries and Donalds are Black. “I just think it’s really embarrassing it’s taking so long,” Biden said. “I have no idea” who will prevail.
Earlier Wednesday, Trump had done the opposite, urging Republicans to vote for McCarthy. “Close the deal, take the victory,” he wrote on his social media site, using all capital letters. “Do not turn a great triumph into a giant & embarrassing defeat.”Article content
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