One of the Republican congressmen opposing Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in his bid for speaker of the House of Representatives said Jan. 4, after McCarthy failed to receive enough votes in three rounds of voting, that McCarthy should step aside.
“We need to move past Kevin McCarthy,” Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) told NTD. “He doesn’t have the votes. He’s not going to have the votes.”
Good is one of 19 Republican members who voted in two rounds for candidates other than McCarthy and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). The votes prevented McCarthy from receiving a majority, which is required to win the speaker election….