by Kelly Laco
McCarthy did not clinch speakership in fourth round of votes. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy again failed to secure the necessary 218 votes to be the next House speaker in a fourth round of voting Wednesday, which means at least another vote will be needed.
McCarthy came up short even after former President Donald Trump called on House Republicans to back McCarthy and get going with the work of the 118th Congress.
The House Freedom Caucus nominated Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., for House speaker during Wednesday's votes. Donalds picked up 20 votes, just as Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio did in the last of three votes a day earlier.
McCarthy can only lose 4 GOP votes and win the minimum 218 needed to be elected House speaker. The vote result Wednesday was a sign that McCarthy has not yet made any significant progress convincing the group of hardline Republicans to support him, and also signaled that these members appear to prefer anyone over McCarthy.
"Now, here we are. And for the first time in history, there have been two black Americans placed into the nomination for speaker of the House," said Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who nominated Donalds.
Kelly Laco
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/house-speaker-vote
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