MaCarthy did it. Republicans have the Speaker of the US House
It took 15 votes, but in the end the Californian Republican Kevin McCarthy made it and became speaker of the US House of Representatives with 216 votes against 212 of the second arrival, the Democrat Hakeem Jeffreys, who has always had the vote of all elected officials of his party.
Instead, McCarthy's election was painful, the most painful in a century now. Throughout Friday, the GOP candidate moved ever closer to the gavel, winning over more critics and conservative hardliners. McCarthy, who had convinced 15 skeptical colleagues to back him Friday afternoon, returned to the courtroom at 10 p.m. ET with the hopes that he had won over enough hardline conservatives to push him over the threshold. Instead, a surprising defeat came, with 216 votes, just one less than the 217 needed to obtain a majority in the House, after two colleagues, Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz, limited themselves to voting "present", keeping the quorum high.
Democrat Jeffries of New York was also nominated and won 212 votes in the 14th round. Four lawmakers voted for other candidates, in addition to the "present" votes of Gaetz and Boebert.
Extraordinary drama ensued, with McCarthy and Gaetz exchanging sharp words in the courtroom. Everything had even been postponed to Monday, but this decision was canceled due to the bad impression that would have resulted for the elected officials. And so came the somewhat surprising move of immediately moving to the 15th round of voting early Saturday morning. The media speculated that Gaetz intended to change his vote to a McCarthy vote, or that others would abstain, lowering the quorum. Eventually there were a couple of abstentions lowering the number of votes needed for the election and McCarthy winning. However, the Republican party needs a reflection if it wants to propose itself as a winner in the next presidential elections.
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