In this way, the right wing of the Republican Party has once again blocked McCarthy’s nomination, even though former President Donald Trump had asked his acolytes to close ranks with him.
the Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed again in his attempt to elect the new president of the House of Representatives of the United States in a fourth ballot blocked by a group of Republicans who have refused to support him.
In this way, the House voted for the fourth time, giving McCarthy a total of 201 votes, a far cry from the 218 he needed, while the Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries received 212 votes, blocking the House again, according to the tally reported by the US network CNN.
This shows that there are major differences between the different factions of the Republican party, which is sure to find itself in similar situations when it has to negotiate with the Senate, which is held by the Democrats.
For example, the right wing of the Republican Party has again blocked McCarthy’s nomination, even though former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) had asked his acolytes to close ranks with the candidate. The group of wayward Republicans put forward the alternative candidacy of Bryan Donald’s.
For their part, Democratic Party lawmakers kept their candidate, Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who also lacks the numbers to take office.
The group of insurgent Republicans grouped into the ultra-conservatives Freedom Caucus He has ignored Trump’s words, hours before the plenary session, asking his followers to close ranks with McCarthy. “Republicans, don’t turn a big victory into a huge and shameful defeat,” the former president had said.
The President of the United States has also spoken about this. Joe Bidenwho described the blockade as “shameful” and warned conservatives that “the rest of the world is watching them”.
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