The presidential election crisis intensifies in the US House of Representatives.
After the midterm elections on November 8, 2022, the crisis of the presidential elections continues in the House of Representatives, where the Republicans are in the majority. In the last 3 votes made today, the results remain the same.
In the sixth round of voting, McCarthy was left with 201 votes, while 20 Republican representatives, who insisted on not supporting him, cast their votes in favor of representative Byron Donalds.
The 212 Democratic members continue to vote for their party leader, Hakeem Jeffries. One deputy did not vote for any of the candidates.
THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE REPUBLICS CONTINUES
For the first time in the last 100 years, the US House of Representatives cannot be elected Speaker of the House because a quorum was not reached in all 6 votes.
A group of Republican members, who are staunch supporters of former US President Donald Trump, continue to vote against him, despite Trump’s calls to “vote McCarthy.”
BIDEN EXPLANATION
According to a written statement from the White House, Biden answered questions from reporters before his visit to Kentucky.
Biden assessed that the fact that Republican Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy couldn’t be elected Speaker of the House for not getting enough votes from his party, and the House couldn’t get up and running, was not good for him. the external panorama of the country.
“I think it’s embarrassing that this job has taken so long.” Biden said: “We hope that the Republicans overcome this crisis by acting together,” was celebrated.
Biden left unanswered the question of which of the parliamentary presidential candidates he prefers.
TRUMP’S SUPPORT TO McCaARTHY
Former US President Donald Trump, in his message posted on his TruthSocial social media site, claimed that some “good consultations” took place on the night of the vote, using the following statements:
“Now is the time for all of our wonderful Republican legislators to vote for Kevin, put an end to it, be victorious, and watch crazy Nancy Pelosi sadly return to her home of California.”
Trump urged Republicans “not to turn your victory into an embarrassing defeat.”
Sharing the view that party members deserve to celebrate their majority victory in the House of Representatives, Trump said: “Kevin McCarthy will do a good job, maybe even a great one.” he used the phrase.
WHO IS McCarthy, the leader of the Republicans?
Born in 1965, Kevin McCarthy was first elected to Congress for the Republican Party in 2006. The Californian politician, originally a businessperson, has served as Republican Minority Leader in the House of Representatives since 2018.
McCarthy, a staunch supporter of former US President Donald Trump, sided with Trump in his opposition to the 2020 presidential election results. Later, the Republican politician, who admitted the election was legitimate, also condemned the attack on the building. of Congress on January 6, 2021.
WHO IS BYRON DONALDS?
Born in 1978, Florida politician Donalds is one of two black Republican members of the House. Donalds, a former businessman, is one of the names that have been shining recently in the Republican party.
Donalds stands out as an anti-abortionist, as well as a strong advocate of individual armaments.
THE CANDIDATES DID NOT REACH ENOUGH IN THE FIRST 5 VOTING TURNS
The new two-year legislative process of the 118th US Congress, which held its first session on January 3 after the November 8, 2022 midterm elections, began with the presidential election crisis.
In the 5 rounds of voting in the House of Representatives, members were unable to elect the Speaker of the House. During the 5 ballots, the 212 Democratic members continued to vote for party leader Hakeem Jeffries.
VOTING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE PRESIDENT IS ELECTED
Former US President Trump also asked McCarthy to vote for McCarthy, who was unable to get his own party’s quorum to become Speaker of the House in the House of Representatives by voting 5 times in a row.
In the US, the speaker of the House of Representatives is important because he ranks third in protocol after the head of state and the vice president.
The House of Representatives cannot begin to function without electing its President. Parliamentarians are expected to continue voting until they have the necessary majority to elect a new president. (AA)