Daily News | ‘Washington is broken’: Scott Perry nominated a GOP alternative for House speaker
WASHINGTON — As the Republican standoff over selecting a House speaker dragged through a second day Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Scott Perry continued to play a leading role among a small group of GOP hard-liners opposed to Rep. Kevin McCarthy , delivering a speech calling for the party to get behind Rep. Byron Donalds as their leader., cast McCarthy as a symptom of the “broken” culture in Washington while urging the GOP to support Donalds, who is just beginning his second term in Congress.
“No matter what your political persuasion, one thing is universally recognized across this country: Washington is broken,” Perry, of York County, said in a speech on the House floor. “How are you going to fix it if you just come to this town and just step right in line and just keep doing the same things that everybody has done before you? It’s not going to fix it, and the American people know it.
Donalds got 20 votes for speaker and McCarthy got 201, virtually unchanged from previous rounds. Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries won 212 votes, though no one had enough for a majority.who played a leading role in trying to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election, has emerged as one of the most prominent Republicans opposing McCarthy, calling for changes that would give rank-and-file members more power, including to usurp the sitting speaker .Controversial Pa.
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