Trump for House Speaker

January 5, 2023 Geri Berry Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy, OAN Newsroom, Truth Social, Uncategorized, US, VOTING 0


U.S. President Donald Trump listens to speakers in the press briefing room with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force April 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced that Americans in virus hot spots should wear a mask when out in public as the death rate caused by coronavirus has nearly doubled in three days in New York City while the nation continues to reel from the impacts of COVID-19. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump listens to speakers in the press briefing room with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force April 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced that Americans in virus hot spots should wear a mask when out in public as the death rate caused by coronavirus has nearly doubled in three days in New York City while the nation continues to reel from the impacts of COVID-19. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

OAN Geraldyn Berry
UPDATED 3:28 PM PT – Thursday, January 5, 2023

GOP Representative Matt Gaetz has voted for Donald Trump as the next Speaker of the House.

On Capitol Hill Thursday, Gaetz (R-Fla.) voted for Trump in the seventh ballot in the election for House Speaker.

The Republican, an avid supporter of the 45th President, is one of 20 GOP lawmakers who have continued to split with the rest of the Republican Party and refuses to support House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in his bid to become Speaker.

The action was taken in response to a Wednesday night comment made by Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), a member of the anti-McCarthy group, that she could propose Trump for the position.

Republicans have been unable to reach a consensus as voting has entered its third day.

Trump has not commented on the vote by Gaetz, but he did acknowledge it on Truth Social.





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