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Former president has endorsed GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House
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Lauren Boebert tells Trump to tell McCarthy to drop out of speaker race
Donald Trump poked fun at the idea of him becoming the next House speaker during the vote chaos after Matt Gaetz nominated him for the role.
On Thursday, Mr Gaetz cast his vote in favour of the former president in an attempt to derail Kevin McCarthy’s bid.
Hours later, Mr Trump responded by posting a photo on Truth Social of himself superimposed into the House speaker chair alongside President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The joke came the same day that the former president was sued by the long-term partner of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died one day after the January 6 Capitol riot.
Sicknick, 42, died after suffering two strokes in the aftermath of the attack. The wrongful death lawsuit names Mr Trump and two rioters accused of assaulting the officer, saying that the events “played a role in his condition”.
On Friday morning, on the anniversary of the violent attack on Congress, the former president said “good things” are happening for the GOP and promised a “monster” 2024, adding to a campaign post on Thursday in which he vowed to wage war on drug cartels and human traffickers if reelected.
Two years to the day since US Senator Josh Hawley‘s now-famous raised-fist salute to rioters at the US Capitol, a Marine veteran who ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2022 announced Friday that he’ll try to unseat Hawley in 2024.
Lucas Kunce, 40, served 13 years in the Marines. A video released by his campaign shows the photo of Hawley with his fist raised on January 6, 2021 — a photo that drew strong criticism from some, but also appears on coffee mugs that the senator sells. Kunce’s video shows security camera footage of Hawley running through the Capitol hallway in the chaotic aftermath of the attack.
“I swear, this coward’s always running from something,” Kunce says in the video. “When things get tough, Missourians deserve a US senator who will stand up for them, not run away.”
Here’s his campaign ad:
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Two years to the day since U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley’s now-famous raised-fist salute to rioters at the U.S. Capitol, a Marine veteran who ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2022 has announced that he’ll try to unseat Hawley in 2024
Social media users are trolling Matt Gaetz after he threatened to resign over the ongoing House speaker vote chaos, with some asking the MAGA Republican “Do you promise?”
On Thursday night, Mr Gaetz vowed to quit his role in Congress should a moderate Republican be elected as the new speaker of the House of Representatives.
Many were delighted at the prospect.
Gaetz made the chaos around the House speaker vote yet more farcical on Thursday when he decided to cast his vote for Donald Trump
With C-SPAN providing an unfiltered live feed of all the action on the floor of the House of Representatives as the votes continue to name a speaker, audiences have been treated to an interesting insight into how Congress functions – or dysfunctions, as the case may be.
Usually, congressional rules dictate what cameras can and cannot show, but with no representatives sworn in there are no such rules.
There have been some memorable still images captured by photographers present in the chamber as lawmakers have laughed, cringed, appeared frustrated and huddled in tense negotiation between ballots as Kevin McCarthy suffered defeat after defeat.
Here are some of the best images to emerge so far:
Lawmakers have laughed, cringed, appeared frustrated, and huddled in tense negotiation between ballots
A group of Republican rebels dubbed the “Taliban 20” brought Washington to a standstill by torpedoing party favorite Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become speaker of the US House of Representatives.
The House cannot perform any of its vital functions – including overseeing national security, investigating government misconduct and passing legislation – until its presiding officer is in place, spelling paralysis in Congress.
The renegade Republicans were given their unflattering nickname by frustrated lawmakers from their own side. But who were they and what did they want?
Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene are among the 20 GOP lawmakers given an unflattering nickname
The Independent’s Eric Garcia spoke to a number of prominent Democrats in the Capitol as Republicans battled on about who would be speaker.
But Democrats don’t expect to bail out Republicans anytime soon
Such are the fractures in the country, between the political parties and inside the Republican Party itself, that one time-honored specialty of Washington — memorializing and coming together over national trauma — isn’t what it used to be.
Washington has one specialty that has long endured — memorializing and coming together over a national trauma
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will kick off his second and final term on Friday by contrasting his leadership of the nation’s largest Democratic stronghold with Republican leaders he’s branded as threats to freedom and democracy — including former President Donald Trump.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to kick off his second term by comparing his leadership style to that of Republican governors and former President Donald Trump
On Thursday night, Donald Trump responded to Matt Gaetz casting a vote in the one-time president’s name for the House of Representatives speaker’s post in an effort to thwart Kevin McCarthy.
Click below to see the picture he posted.
One-time president seen in photo on speaker’s chair with his tongue out
Joe Biden found himself under attack from the right over claims of mental fragility this week after he once again mistakenly referred to his vice president, Kamala Harris, as the president.
President previously made the same mixup in October
Two years to the day after storming the U.S. Capitol, a former West Virginia state lawmaker who served prison time for his role in the riot said Friday that he hopes to return to the scene of his crime as an elected official.
A former West Virginia lawmaker who served three months in prison for his participation in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot says he’s running for Congress
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Donald Trump has thrown his support behind Kevin McCarthy for the House speaker role
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