During Thursday afternoon’s seventh roll call vote on the House floor for the Speakership, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz voted for former President Donald Trump for Speaker of the House.
From Fox News:
Gaetz opted not to vote for Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., who had received the support of the Republicans who refused to vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the GOP leader.
During the roll call vote on the House floor, each member elected to Congress is called on to say the name of the person they wanted for House speaker. Gaetz responded “Donald John Trump” when his name was called.
Trump was not nominated ahead of the vote. McCarthy, Donalds and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries were the only three nominated ahead of the seventh vote.
McCarthy has failed to gain the votes needed to be elected speaker over the past two and a half days and is on track to lose the seventh vote as well.
Trump has endorsed McCarthy for the speakership.
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