<p>A group of 20 Republicans voted for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) on the second day of voting for House speaker, denying House Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) the gavel in the fourth ballot.</p>
<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) nominated Donalds when the House came back in session at noon Wednesday.</p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;For the first time in history, there have been two </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">black</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> Americans placed into the nomination for speaker,&#8221; Roy said to a round of applause. He was also referring to the Democratic nominee, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;For the first time in history, there have been two black Americans placed into the nomination for Speaker.&quot;</p>
<p>Rep. Chip Roy&#39;s nomination of Republican Byron Donalds for speaker is met with a standing ovation. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries was also nominated. <a href="https://t.co/UMyG5yEQ7f">https://t.co/UMyG5yEQ7f</a> <a href="https://t.co/ALAH8Tzise">pic.twitter.com/ALAH8Tzise</a></p>
<p>&mdash; ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1610693982861889564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Donalds voted for McCarthy in the first two ballots Tuesday, but he joined the GOP defectors in the third ballot to vote for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).</p>
<p>The final tally in the first ballot of the day on Wednesday was 201 votes for McCarthy, 212 for Jeffries, and 20 for Donalds. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) voted &#8220;present.&#8221;</p>
<p>The vote comes after former President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-on-conservative-lawmakers-to-vote-for-mccarthy-for-house-speaker">called</a> on Republican House members to support McCarthy as speaker early Wednesday morning.</p>
<p>&#8220;It’s now time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE FOR KEVIN, CLOSE THE DEAL, TAKE THE VICTORY,&#8221; Trump posted on Truth Social. “REPUBLICANS, DO NOT TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A GIANT &amp; EMBARRASSING DEFEAT. IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE, YOU DESERVE IT. Kevin McCarthy will do a good job, and maybe even a GREAT JOB – JUST WATCH!”</p>
<p>Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) gave a <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/03/jordan-urges-vote-for-mccarthy-lays-out-three-objectives-for-the-gop-led-house/">speech</a> Tuesday re-nominating McCarthy to the position and calling on Republicans to unite for the vote.</p>
<p>“​To my friends here on this side of the aisle, I would just say this: The differences we may have ​… pale in comparison to the differences between us and the left​,” he said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) votes &quot;Present&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/118thCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#118thCongress</a> <a href="https://t.co/FBmkIYazfU">pic.twitter.com/FBmkIYazfU</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1610701911476539393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The threshold for a nominee to win the speaker&#8217;s gavel is 218 votes, but that number could decrease if members vote &#8220;present,&#8221; decline to vote, or are absent.</p>
<p>Votes will continue for however many days it takes until a speaker is elected. House members cannot be sworn in until a speaker is chosen, holding up any legislative business and committee assignments in the 118th Congress.</p>
<p>McCarthy has offered some <a href="https://punchbowl.news/rules-package-highlights/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=1/2/23%20%20Punchbowl%20News%20AM&amp;utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined" target="_blank" rel="noopener">concessions to woo</a> GOP holdouts, including <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/01/02/mccarthy-speaker-vote-rule-changes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">making it easier</a> to remove the sitting speaker of the House. But some members, including Reps. Matt Gaetz (FL), Dan Bishop (NC), and Lauren Boebert (CO), so far remain unmoved.</p>

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