{"id":1795111,"date":"2023-01-04T14:19:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T19:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1795111"},"modified":"2023-01-04T14:44:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T19:44:20","slug":"gop-holdouts-rally-behind-byron-donalds-to-deny-kevin-mccarthy-the-house-speakers-gavel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-holdouts-rally-behind-byron-donalds-to-deny-kevin-mccarthy-the-house-speakers-gavel\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Holdouts Rally Behind Byron Donalds To Deny Kevin McCarthy The House Speaker\u2019s Gavel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fgop-holdouts-rally-behind-byron-donalds-to-deny-kevin-mccarthy-the-house-speakers-gavel%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=1795111&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--><p>A group of 20 Republicans voted to elect Rep. Byron Donalds (R\u2013FL) as House speaker on the second day. This denied House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> (R-CA) The gavel in the fourth round.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R, Texas) nominated Donalds during the House&#8217;s return to session at noon Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time in history, there have been two black Americans placed into the nomination for speaker,\u201d Roy said the following to a round of applause. He also mentioned the Democratic nominee, Rep. Hakeem Jeffreys (D-NY).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;For the first time in history, there have been two black Americans placed into the nomination for Speaker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Standing ovations were given to Chip Roy for nominating Republican Byron Donalds as speaker. Nominated was also Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UMyG5yEQ7f\">https:\/\/t.co\/UMyG5yEQ7f<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ALAH8Tzise\">pic.twitter.com\/ALAH8Tzise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCPolitics\/status\/1610693982861889564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;For the first time in history, there have been two black Americans placed into the nomination for Speaker.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy&#39;s nomination of Republican Byron Donalds for speaker is met with a standing ovation. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries was also nominated. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UMyG5yEQ7f\">https:\/\/t.co\/UMyG5yEQ7f<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ALAH8Tzise\">pic.twitter.com\/ALAH8Tzise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCPolitics\/status\/1610693982861889564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Donalds voted Tuesday for McCarthy on the first two ballots, but he voted for Rep. Jim Jordan (R) in the third ballot.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the final count for the first ballot was 201 votes for McCarthy and 212 for Jeffries. The total for Donalds was 20. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) voted \u201cpresent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After former President Donald Trump, the vote will be held <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-calls-on-conservative-lawmakers-to-vote-for-mccarthy-for-house-speaker\">called<\/a> On Wednesday morning, McCarthy will be the speaker of the Republican House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s now time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE FOR KEVIN, CLOSE THE DEAL, TAKE THE VICTORY,\u201d Trump posted to Truth Social. \u201cREPUBLICANS, DO NOT TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A GIANT &amp; EMBARRASSING DEFEAT. IT\u2019S TIME TO CELEBRATE, YOU DESERVE IT. Kevin McCarthy will do a good job, and maybe even a GREAT JOB \u2013 JUST WATCH!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jim Jordan (R.OH), gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/03\/jordan-urges-vote-for-mccarthy-lays-out-three-objectives-for-the-gop-led-house\/\">speech<\/a> Tuesday saw McCarthy being renominated to the position, and Republicans were urged to unite to vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u200bTo my friends here on this side of the aisle, I would just say this: The differences we may have \u200b\u2026 pale in comparison to the differences between us and the left\u200b,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) votes &#8220;Present&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/118thCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#118thCongress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FBmkIYazfU\">pic.twitter.com\/FBmkIYazfU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1610701911476539393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) votes &quot;Present&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/118thCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#118thCongress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FBmkIYazfU\">pic.twitter.com\/FBmkIYazfU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1610701911476539393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The threshold for a nominee to win the speaker\u2019s gavel is 218 votes, but that number could\u00a0decrease if members vote \u201cpresent,\u201d You can&#8217;t vote or decline to participate.<\/p>\n<p>Votes will continue to be cast for as long as it takes to elect a speaker. House members cannot be sworn-in until a speaker is elected. This delays any legislative business and assigns committees in the 118th Congress.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy offered some <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/rules-package-highlights\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=1\/2\/23%20%20Punchbowl%20News%20AM&amp;utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concessions to woo<\/a> GOP holdouts include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/02\/mccarthy-speaker-vote-rule-changes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">making it easier<\/a> To remove the House&#8217;s sitting speaker. However, some members such as Reps. Matt Gaetz and Dan Bishop (NC) and Lauren Boebert(CO) remain unmoved.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 20 Republicans voted for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) on the second day of voting for House speaker, denying House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) the gavel in the fourth ballot. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) nominated Donalds when the House came back in session at noon Wednesday. \u201cFor the first time in history, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1890768,"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":"GOP Holdouts Rally Behind Byron Donalds To Deny Kevin McCarthy The House Speaker\u2019s Gavel","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[11157,6202,4446,13249,12936,6203,13260,3653,3660,3663,4433,7779,6195],"class_list":["post-1795111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-byron","tag-daily","tag-deny","tag-donalds","tag-gavel","tag-gop","tag-holdouts","tag-house","tag-kevin","tag-mccarthy","tag-rally","tag-speakers","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"GOP Holdouts Rally Behind Byron Donalds To Deny Kevin McCarthy The House Speaker\u2019s Gavel","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795111","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1795111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1795111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1795111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1795111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}