During the 13th round of votes for Speaker, 15 Republican holdouts switched to support Kevin McCarthy
y the 13th round of votes for House Speaker on Friday, 15 of the 20 Republican members of Congress who had before withheld their support for frontrunner Kevin McCarthy changed their position.
The 15 who switched included a mix of some of the most anti-McCarthy members, as well as others who have wavered in their support since voting began on Monday—Victoria Spartz, a Republican from Indiana, for example, essentially opted out of voting during the last eight rounds, but voted for McCarthy during the 12th round. Andy Harris, a Republican from Maryland, voted for an alternative candidate in the 12th round of voting, but then backed McCarthy during the 13th round.
Florida Republican Byron Donalds also voted for McCarthy on Friday, even though he was nominated for House Speaker himself on Tuesday and garnered 20 votes from the anti-McCarthy outliers. Virginia’s Bob Good, who denied the results of the 2020 election and received an endorsement from former President Donald Trump, told reporters on Thursday that he was also “absolutely a no.”
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