McCarthy fails for the sixth time in his attempt to be the new speaker of the House of Representatives

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the republican leader kevin mccarthy has failed again in his attempt to be the new president of the House of Representatives of the United States in a sixth ballot blocked by a group of Republicans who have refused to support him.

In this way, the House has voted for the sixth time, giving a total of 201 votes to McCarthy, far from the 218 he needed, while the Democratic representative Hakeem Jeffries has garnered 212 votes, leaving the House blocked again, according to the count reported by the US network CNN.

This shows the marked differences between the various factions of the Republican party, which will surely end up in similar situations when it has to negotiate with the Senate, which is in the hands of the Democrats.

In this way, the right wing of the Republican Party has once again blocked McCarthy’s appointment, although former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) had asked his acolytes to close ranks with the candidate. The group of wayward Republicans put forward the alternative candidacy of Bryon Donalds.

For their part, Democratic Party lawmakers kept their candidate, Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who also does not have the numbers to take office.

The group of rebellious Republicans that is grouped in the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus He has ignored the words of Trump, who hours before the plenary session had asked his followers to close ranks with McCarthy. “Republicans, do not turn a great victory into a giant and shameful defeat,” the former president had expressed.

The President of the United States has also expressed himself in this regard. Joe Bidenwho has described the blockade as “shameful” and warned conservatives that “the rest of the world is watching them.”