McCarthy's bid for speaker to continue, says Trump backs him
Source: AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will open the second day of the new Congress much like the first — with leader Kevin McCarthy trying to become House speaker despite losing in multiple rounds of voting that threw the new GOP majority into chaos.
It was the first time in 100 years that a nominee for House speaker could not take the gavel on the first vote, but McCarthy appeared undeterred. Instead, he vowed to fight to the finish, encouraged, he said, by former President Donald Trump to end the disarray and pull the Republican Party together.
The House is scheduled to convene Wednesday after the stalemate essentially forced all other business to a standstill, waiting on Republicans to elect a speaker. “Today, is that the day I wanted to have? No,” McCarthy told reporters late Tuesday at the Capitol after a series of closed-door meetings.
McCarthy said Trump wants him to stay in the race and told him to bring an end to the House Republican chaos and pull the party together. The former president “wants to see the Republicans united to be able to accomplish the exact things we said we’d do,” McCarthy said. Asked if he would drop out, McCarthy said, “It’s not going to happen.”
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The sacred word appears again!
He has now quintupled down on 45-hugging.
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of this after every vote yesterday:
Trump no longer is President thanks be to dog, his power over the republican party is falling everyday,
not that it matters but he is the biggest criminal in American history, and his being installed as POTUS
by Russia was part of the biggest crime in American history.
Kevin,
Do you know how many times as speaker Nancy P lost when she whipped the vote?
Zero.
Fake Blake Masters, too.
They're history. 
Like your post.. TY!
about them attempting to adjourn before the next upcoming vote!
Looks like a McCarthy play is afoot. 
Grab your Bible, Slobfather! Maybe you can flush them out of hiding!
but they are thinking if they dragged it out, a (D) would get "tired" and vote for them. 
Looks like they are going to go with the 4th vote - just had someone nominate him again.
McCarthy getting stroked, speeches on "frustration," and the "luck of serving the American people" bs, and the Left's schadenfreude -- BUT DEMOCRACY IS MESSY, and "the American people are in charge".
What a panderer of a pandering party, with all this talk of policy, pure intentions and the 'restoration' of the basic (dis)functioning of Kevin bs.
omg this is fucking hilarious what a bunch of dysfunctional strokes
And he nominated a black Republican this time as if that is going to make any damn difference.
All this "people's House" bullshit is cover for all their people's house from their gerrymandered districts, all the lil swamps of their states. "The American people" not in their gerrymandered districts got news for Roy -- their days are numbered.
Here comes the FOURTH vote!
I can't even OD on popcorn, this is all so hilariously stupid. 
(basically now 21 people NOT voting for him)
I wonder if her decision opens the dam for him. He must have promised her co-speaker power.
Aguilar notes the last five wins of Jeffries, AND, very cool, that our side will codify Roe.
Another standing ovation, of course.
Here comes Boebert to nominate Donalds, and criticizing McCarthy's failure to "build consensus." She's definitely signaling that the hardliners group will hold against McCarthy in the 5th round.
Of the twenty, all but Self (TX 3rd) are freedumb caucus.
