Rep. Tim Burchett said on Newsmax Thursday that former President Donald Trump could be a 'unifying factor' in the Republican conference as it discusses who will take the speaker's gavel next.
Rep. Tim Burchett, 1 of the 8 Republicans who voted earlier this week in favor of ousting Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, said on Newsmax Thursday that former President Donald Trump could be a "unifying factor" in the conference as it discusses who will take the gavel next.
Trump, in a Truth Social post Thursday, offered his "short-term" help to "do whatever is necessary to help with the Speaker of the House selection process," commenting one day after he declined to rule himself out to fill in the position. The congressman said he's spoken with Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Steve Scalise, R-La., who are the main candidates in the speaker's race, and he hasn't decided which way he'll go.
Meanwhile, funding for Ukraine has been an issue when it comes to approval of a spending bill, Burchett agreed that the issue will be one as a new speaker takes over.
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