Choosing the new leadership of the House of Representatives faces a dilemma unprecedented in the past 100 years; The former president supports Congressman Kevin McCarthy for the position
The name of the former president of weAnd the Donald Trump (2017-2021), starred in an extraordinary moment this Thursday, 5th, at Parliament of the country to vote a congressman from the Republican Party to lead the House of Representatives, which is currently mired in complete chaos in recent years due to the deadlock preventing the election of its leader. While voting in alphabetical order, upon reaching the letter G, Florida congressman Matt Gaetz, an ally of the former president, announces his nominee for the office: Donald J. Trump. Trump’s nomination as a candidate for the House leadership came even as the former president expressed support for Republican leader Kevin McCarthy. “It’s time to make Congress great again,” Gates said, referring to Trump’s famous quote: “Make America Great Again.”
Gates belongs to the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus, which refuses to support mainstream Republican nominee Kevin McCarthy. In total, there are 20 members of Congress who have chosen another Republican, Byron Donalds, in the last few votes, barring the anecdote of voting for Trump. On Wednesday, Trump himself pointed to the blockade the US Congress faces and urged Republicans to support McCarthy. “Republicans, do not turn a great victory into a colossal and shameful defeat,” said the former president, without being able to convince his allies.
Trump himself posted a short while ago on his Truth Social network a manipulated photo showing him, in an attitude of debauchery, sitting as Speaker of the House alongside President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. As explained by CNN, there is no rule preventing a person from voting just because they are not a member of the House of Representatives and parliamentarians can basically vote for anyone. On Thursday, the House of Representatives conducted the tenth ballot to elect its Speaker, which was again unsuccessful, as none of the candidates obtained the necessary majority. Currently, Trump is the top leadership of the Republican Party, but he does not hold any elective representative office, like a congressman.
* With information from EFE
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