Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives on the night of Friday to Saturday, ending a process marked to the end by very strong tensions in the Republican ranks.
By AFP
HAS force of negotiations, the group of trumpists who paralyzed the nomination of the fifty-year-old from California finally gave in. They put an end to a mess in Congress, unprecedented in more than 160 years which prefigures very agitated debates in the American Congress during the next two years.
But not without a final last ditch.
These free electrons made the suspense last until the end, blocking the candidacy of the elected official in the 14th vote for the last time, causing a real mess in the hemicycle.
Kevin McCarthy then walked towards the group of Trumpists, as fingers pointed accusingly. Amid the hubbub, the Congress Clerk called on elected officials to remain calm.
All week long, this hard core of elected conservatives, who accuse the elected official of bowing to the interests of the establishment in Washington, took advantage of the very thin Republican majority won in the November mid-term elections to play the spoilsport.
They only eased the pressure after obtaining substantial guarantees – including a procedure aimed precisely at facilitating the eviction of the “speaker”.
Nancy Pelosi replaced
Finally elected, Kevin McCarthy replaces Democrat Nancy Pelosi as “speaker”. And emerges weakened from this election which augurs a very difficult mandate.
President Joe Biden on Saturday congratulated Republican Kevin McCarthy on his election to the House of Representatives, calling on him to “govern responsibly and in the interests of Americans.”
“I am willing to work with Republicans when possible, and voters have made it clear that they expect Republicans to be willing to work with me as well,” he said in a statement. “It is time to govern responsibly,” he added.
