Another vote, another loss for Kevin McCarthy.
Members of the House Freedom Caucus once again nominated Florida Rep. Byron Donalds (R), who received 20 votes —preventing California Rep. Kevin McCarthy from reaching the 218 required to take the gavel.
Despite former President Trump’s advice to back McCarthy, the caucus stood firm. Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert said “Even having my favorite president call us and tell us we need to knock this off, I think it actually needs to be reversed. The president needs to tell Kevin McCarthy that sir, you do not have the votes and it’s time to withdraw.”
From Fox News:
Republicans control 222 votes in the House and can only lose four of those votes if one of their candidates is going to win the minimum 218 votes needed to secure a majority and win the speaker’s gavel.
As the fifth round of voting continued Wednesday afternoon, McCarthy had already lost five votes to Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla. Donalds was nominated in the fourth round of voting as well, and took 20 votes from McCarthy.
In this latest round, Donalds was nominated by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who called on McCarthy to bow out of the race and allow new leadership to step up in the House, and rejected former President Trump’s effort to convince Republicans to support McCarthy.
More over at Fox News:
BREAKING: McCarthy on track to come up short for speakership during fifth round of voteshttps://t.co/VKDWGZIwR4
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