Republican Kevin McCarthy has failed at the seventh attempt to be elected speaker of the House of Representatives. This resulted from the result of the oral vote on Thursday, which still had to be formally confirmed by the head of the session in the parliamentary chamber.
The 57-year-old had again made major concessions to his party opponents before the renewed attempt – but they continued to refuse to follow him.
McCarthy had already failed to get the required number of votes in previous ballots. This time, too, the situation did not improve for him one bit. Again, the Republicans nominated an opposing candidate – again the Republican representative Byron Donalds. He received 19 votes.
The ardent Trump supporter Matt Gaetz, on the other hand, mentioned the name of the ex-president during the oral vote on Thursday. When voting, MPs can also vote for people who are not members of the US Congress.
Trump is given no realistic chance of being elected speaker of the House of Representatives. Republican Matt Gaetz voted in the oral vote for ex-President Donald Trump. (dpa)
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