U.S. House speaker election deadlocked for ‘first time in a century’

According to the latest news from CNN, after the third round of voting for the speaker of the US House of Representatives ended, the Republican nominee McCarthy still did not get enough votes. According to the proposal of Republican Representative Tom Cole, the House of Representatives decided to adjourn until noon on January 4, local time in the United States after voting. US media said that until the House of Representatives elects a speaker, no other agenda can start. CNN stated that the U.S. House of Representatives failed to elect a speaker in the first round of voting. This is the first time this has happened in 100 years. In 1923, the election for the speaker of the House of Representatives took nine rounds before the final candidate was selected. | Related reading (Global Times)

Fuji Jieya

The defeat of the Democratic Party allowed the Republican Party to win the House of Representatives, and the speaker of Pelosi did it. According to media and political forecasts, Kevin McCarthy, as a Republican, should be the most likely candidate to succeed Pelosi as the new speaker. However, McCarthy only got 202 votes, which is less than 218 votes. The speaker election will enter the next round of voting . This result may surprise everyone, and McCarthy’s election does not look as expected. This should have caused controversy with his support for Trump. This issue has become difficult as Trump announced his re-election some time ago. Although an agreement should be reached on the candidates for the speaker in the next few days, the Republican Party should learn a lesson from this accident.

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