House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is staring down an intensifying Republican mutiny threatening to derail his long-running quest to become speaker of the House.
Given the threadbare majority Republicans clinched in the House, he can only afford a handful of defections, but three members have already publicly declared they will not vote for him in the floorwide vote, and another has dropped strong indications he won't either. The hemorrhaging threatens to be a rerun of his failed 2015 attempt at the gavel.
Gaetz's line in the sand puts him at odds with former President Donald Trump, whom he has jubilantly backed for president and even dangled as a speaker he'd back. Trump has backed McCarthy for speaker.A recent addition to the GOP insurgency list came Monday night when Norman declared he would not back McCarthy, citing his concerns about"runaway federal spending.
Although less explicit about voting against McCarthy than his three peers, Rosendale is disgruntled with the consolidation of power within Congress into leadership, a frequent gripe among rank-and-file members.
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