{"id":1794621,"date":"2023-01-04T08:49:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T13:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794621"},"modified":"2023-01-04T08:49:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T13:49:49","slug":"trump-says-to-vote-for-mccarthy-for-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-to-vote-for-mccarthy-for-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Votes for McCarthy as Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-to-vote-for-mccarthy-for-speaker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794621&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"speakable\">Trump, the former president, broke his silence about the ongoing election to be speaker of the House on Wednesday morning as Republican leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.<\/a>So far, he has failed to win enough votes to become speaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Some really good conversations took place last night, and it\u2019s now time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE FOR KEVIN,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump posted on Truth Social<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CLOSE THE DEAL, TAKE THE VICTORY, &#038; WATCH CRAZY NANCY PELOSI FLY BACK HOME TO A VERY BROKEN CALIFORNIA,THE ONLY SPEAKER IN U.S. HISTORY TO HAVE LOST THE \u2018HOUSE\u2019 TWICE! REPUBLICANS, DO NOT TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A GIANT &#038; EMBARRASSING DEFEAT. IT\u2019S TIME TO CELEBRATE, YOU DESERVE IT,&#8221; The 2024 presidential candidate continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kevin McCarthy will do a good job, and maybe even a GREAT JOB &#8211; JUST WATCH!&#8221; Trump predicted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/house-speaker-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>THE VOTE FOR HOUSE SPEAKER: LIVE UPDATES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/former-president-donald-trump-tuxedo-2.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a New Years event at his Mar-a-Lago home on Dec. 31, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Donald Trump, the former president of the United States, arrives in Palm Beach for a New Years party at his Mar-a-Lago house on December 31, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-speaker-battle-profanities-fly-republican-factions-get-heated-mccarthy-speakership-bid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>HOUSE SPEAKER BATTLE: PROFANITIES FLY AS REPUBLICAN FACTIONS GET HEATED OVER MCCARTHY SPEAKERSHIP BID<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1244787014.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the House Floor on Capitol Hill on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Washington, D,C.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Kevin McCarthy (Republican-California) walks up to the House Floor at Capitol Hill on Monday, November 14, 2022, in Washington.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Kent Nishimura, Los Angeles Times via Getty Images).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-democrats-cheer-mccarthy-fails-clinch-speakership-multiple-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>HOUSE DEMOCRATS CHEER AS MCCARTHY FAILS TO CLINCH SPEAKERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/scott-perry-house-freedom-caucus-kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-race.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., speaks to reporters following a meeting with House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 3, 2023 in Washington, D.C.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n After meeting with House Republicans on January 3, 2023, in Washington, D.C., Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) speaks to reporters.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After McCarthy&#8217;s failure to gain enough support to win a majority vote, the House voted three times Tuesday to elect a speaker. This was the first failure of the House since 1923. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-democrats-cheer-mccarthy-fails-clinch-speakership-multiple-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the first vote<\/a> For a speaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although McCarthy is supported by Trump, he is not. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mccarthy-gop-break-house-speaker-logjam-whiffing-tuesday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed by 20 or so GOP lawmakers<\/a> They claim that he is not sufficiently conservative and that he has not made certain assurances about changes to rules that would decentralize power within the House. The holdouts, members of the House Freedom Caucus, are instead supporting Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, for speaker \u2013 though Jordan doesn&#8217;t want the job and nominated McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democrats were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/house-of-representatives\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">united in support for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.<\/a>To be the next speaker after the three votes. Many of their members mocked GOP divisions via social media and comments to the press.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The House was without an elected speaker. The House will meet again Wednesday for voting until a winner is elected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Chris Pandolfo writes for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump, the former president, broke his silence about the ongoing election to be speaker of the House on Wednesday morning as Republican leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.So far, he has failed to win enough votes to become speaker.\u00a0 &#8220;Some really good conversations took place last night, and it\u2019s now time for all of our GREAT &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1794624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,3663,3819,5654,3634,4030],"class_list":["post-1794621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-mccarthy","tag-report","tag-speaker","tag-trump","tag-votes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1794621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1794624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1794621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1794621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1794621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}