{"id":1795551,"date":"2023-01-05T07:20:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T12:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1795551"},"modified":"2023-01-05T07:20:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T12:20:55","slug":"gop-holdouts-rally-behind-byron-donalds-in-effort-to-deny-mccarthy-of-speakership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-holdouts-rally-behind-byron-donalds-in-effort-to-deny-mccarthy-of-speakership\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Holdouts rally behind Byron Donalds in a bid to deny McCarthy of Speakership"},"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-in-effort-to-deny-mccarthy-of-speakership%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=1795551&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<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1441495140-scaled-e1672857254576.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Twenty Republicans voted in Rep. Byron Donalds, R-FL (second day of voting for House Speaker), denying House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> (R-CA), the gavel on the fourth ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R\u2013TX) nominated Donalds as the House returned to session on Wednesday at noon.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cFor the first time in history, there have been two <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">black<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> Americans placed into the nomination for speaker,\u201d Roy spoke to a round applause. He also mentioned the Democratic nominee, Rep. Hakeem Jeffreys (D-NY).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;For the first time in history, there have been two black Americans placed into the nomination for Speaker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Standing ovation for Rep. Chip Roy&#8217;s nomination to 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>\n<p>Donalds voted in McCarthy&#8217;s favor in Tuesday&#8217;s first two ballots. However, he voted in the GOP defectors on Tuesday to vote in Rep. Jim Jordan (R\u2013OH) in the third ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The final vote in Wednesday&#8217;s first ballot was 201 for McCarthy, 221 for Jeffries and 20 for Donalds. 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> Republican House members should support McCarthy early Wednesday morning as speaker.<\/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 &#038; 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 stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) votes &#8220;Present&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/118thCongress?src=hash&#038;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>\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 Vote no or you are absent<\/p>\n<p>Votes will continue until a speaker has been elected. House members can&#8217;t be sworn into until a speaker has been chosen. This will impede any legislative business or committee assignments in Congress 118th.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy offered some <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/rules-package-highlights\/?utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=1\/2\/23%20%20Punchbowl%20News%20AM&#038;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 speaker. However, some members such as Reps. Matt Gaetz and Dan Bishop (NC) and Lauren Boebert(CO) remain unmoved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty Republicans voted in Rep. Byron Donalds, R-FL (second day of voting for House Speaker), denying House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the gavel on the fourth ballot. Rep. Chip Roy (R\u2013TX) nominated Donalds as the House returned to session on Wednesday at noon. \u201cFor the first time in history, there have been two black &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1795114,"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":[7564,5458,11157,4446,13249,6203,13260,3663,4433,3819,9296],"class_list":["post-1795551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bid","tag-bongino","tag-byron","tag-deny","tag-donalds","tag-gop","tag-holdouts","tag-mccarthy","tag-rally","tag-report","tag-speakership"],"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\/1795551","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=1795551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1795114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1795551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1795551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1795551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}