Former US President donald trump He urged Republicans in Congress to support Kevin McCarthy as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives.after three unsuccessful votes that exposed the internal division within the now majority party.
“Don’t turn a great victory into a huge and embarrassing defeat. It’s time to celebrate. I deserved itTrump posted “s” on his Truth Social network account, after having “chats” about this debate in the last hours.
The former president is confident that McCarthy will do “a good job” once elected to the third-highest political office in the United States, but it’s certainly some Trump supporters who are complicating something that would otherwise have complicated it. it was a formality
This Thursday’s message contrasts with the previous uncertainty of Trump, who, in his statements to NBC News, chose to remain silent when the chaos in the Lower House had already become obvious. “Everyone is calling me because they want my support, but let’s see what happens.‘ he told the television network.
The official candidate, seeking to assert a new Republican majority in the US House of Representatives, has already failed by three votes due to the discontent of a more radical faction united in Freedom Caucus.
About twenty Republicans supported an alternative candidate, Jim Jordan, who beat McCarthy by 202 votes, ten under even Democrat Hakeem Jeffries. It takes 218 votes to be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.