Kevin McCarthy appeared certain he would be holding the Speaker’s gavel by the end of Friday night but in a stunning moment, at the end of the vote, the frustrated Republican Majority Leader found himself just one vote short. McCarthy walked over to Matt Gaetz and appeared to urge him to change his vote from “present” to a vote for McCarthy.
Gaetz seemed to angrily refuse.
McCarthy lost the vote, his fourteenth loss in a row.
An entire week’s worth of House business has now been lost.
A fifteenth vote will have to be held.
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