Election drama sequel - No majority for McCarthy

Created: 01/04/2023Updated: 01/04/2023 7:37 p.m

Kevin McCarthy on his way to the Chamber.

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Kevin McCarthy has suffered a humiliating defeat.

He failed three times in the election to the presidency of the House of Representatives.

Now there is a new start.

Washington – Republican Kevin McCarthy failed his fourth attempt at the House of Representatives election.

This resulted from the result of the oral vote, which still had to be formally confirmed by the leader of the session in the Parliament Chamber.

McCarthy had already failed to get the required number of votes in three ballots on Tuesday because various party colleagues refused to support him.

Again, the Republicans had nominated an opposing candidate.

Republican MP Chip Roy sent his party colleague Byron Donalds as a candidate.

He got 20 votes.

McCarthy could not reduce the number of his opponents compared to the votes from the previous day.

On Tuesday, McCarthy's opponents had already put forward several alternative candidates.

He hasn't quite lost his laugh yet: Kevin McCarthy (r) is welcomed in the plenary hall of the US House of Representatives by MP Mike Gallagher.

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It is a historic defeat for McCarthy, 57, as it is the first time in a hundred years that a political group has refused to support its candidate in the first round of the election.

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