Rep.-elect Byron Donalds addressed the prospect of potentially facing 'retribution' for running against Rep-elect. Kevin McCarthy in the House speaker election.
"For too long in the nation’s capital, people have gone along with the next wave of leadership. And that’s not an anti-Kevin McCarthy statement. That is a statement about what a deliberative open process means for the constitutional republic that is theThe Floridian struck an optimistic tone, saying Republicans would"find a way to make it happen."
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 04: U.S. Rep.-elect Byron Donalds speaks to the media during the second day of elections for Speaker of the House outside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 04, 2023, in Washington, DC.
The House failed on three votes for speaker Tuesday, then adjourned. The first two votes Tuesday included 19 votes for candidates besides McCarthy, which became 20 after Rep.-elect Bryon Donalds flipped to the anti-McCarthy side in the third vote.On Wednesday, the defectors nominated Donalds for speaker, who received the same 20 total votes in the fourth, fifth and sixth ballots.
"I crawl before I walk, I walk before I run," McCarthy said after the House adjourned."I felt as though we had a very good discussion."
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