Meet the most prominent ultraconservative GOP members blocking the California representative’s bid for the gavel
About 20 hardline Republicans in the US House of Representatives have voted against California Republican Kevin McCarthy in his bid to become the next speaker of the House in successive rounds of voting this week.
That has stopped the House from starting their work and exposed the sharp rifts that have developed within the Republican party.
Here are some of McCarthy’s most prominent opponents:
Perry is the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, the furthest right ideological grouping in the House and the home of almost all McCarthy opponents.
Perry played a key role in Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election via the attempted installation of a new acting attorney general, according to the House committee that investigated the matter.
Second-term Representative Donalds emerged from relative obscurity this week when he received some 20 votes in multiple rounds of voting in the speakership election.
One of only four Black House Republicans, the hard-right Brooklyn, New York, native and son of a single mother has often spoken of overcoming life adversities on the campaign trail.
Roy has been negotiating with McCarthy’s team and – unlike some peers – has expressed a willingness to come to an agreement with the California Republican.
He is widely known in Congress for obstructionist procedural...
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