Conservative Rep. Andy Biggs says he’s launching yet another challenge to GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker, after Biggs was defeated by McCarthy in their party’s private, internal vote three weeks ago.
in their party’s private, internal vote for speaker of the House.
The point of Biggs's second bid for speaker in as many months is not to win the coveted gavel — the former leader of the far-right House Freedom Caucus has zero chance of winning over moderate Republicans who have clashed with his group in the past.deny McCarthy the 218 GOP votes“People are thrilled that Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reign of Leftist extremism is ending.
A McCarthy spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But allies to the California Republican have vowed that McCarthy will take the fight to the House floor rather than quit his quest to be speaker like he did in 2015, when the same group of conservative rabble-rousers threatened his first speaker bid.
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