JUST IN: Elon Musk Throws Weight Behind Kevin #McCarthy As New Speaker—Twitter CEO, Elon Musk has backed Kevin McCarthy to be Speaker of the House as lawmakers head to the Capitol for the third day to cast their ballots at noon.
The Twitter owner threw his support behind his ally on Thursday morning with Republicans still at a stalemate in farcical scenes in Congress.
‘Kevin McCarthy should be Speaker’ Musk tweeted.
The House adjourned at 8pm on Wednesday night, sparing McCarthy of a seventh Speaker ballot which he would have likely lost.
It is the first time in more than 100 years that a Speaker hasn’t been chosen on the first round of voting, and the process looks set to drag on with the GOP unable to find a deal.
The Republican rebels who have sunk his bid, who have been nicknamed the ‘Taliban 20’, have dug their heels in and insisted they will never back the Republican leader.
McCarthy said overnight that there has been progress in talks ahead of a make-or-break day for his bid.
The chamber floor devolved into chaos on Wednesday night soon after members returned from a brief break, as Democrats and Republicans attempted to out-scream each other during a voice vote on whether to call it a night.
Embattled House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters earlier in the evening that he wanted to end today’s session to allow for more negotiations after 20 members of his caucus derailed his bid for the gavel.
But Democrats appeared ready to stay on the floor and drag McCarthy’s potential political demise out in public.
House Democrats’ new No. 3 Rep. Pete Aguilar called for individual votes to be cast after the voice vote proved inconclusive, and it came down to the wire.
All eyes were on the Republican McCarthy critics to see if they would join Democrats in dragging out the night.
At one point, DailyMail.com observed progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in an intense conversation with conservatives like Matt Gaetz and Paul Gosar.
But in the end, she was one of the Democrats hollering for the House clerk to allow more time for their members to race onto the floor and cast their votes.
In the end, the move to adjourn narrowly won out – to the tune of claps from the GOP side.
Just five Republicans voted with the Democrats to keep the night going: Reps. Andy Biggs, Lauren Boebert, Eli Crane, Matt Gaetz and Bob Good.
It came after six rounds of voting – three on Tuesday and three on Wednesday – where the GOP failed to coalesce around a new leader. It’s setting their new House majority off to a rocky start.
The chamber briefly adjourned earlier on Wednesday afternoon until later the same evening, with McCarthy holding a crisis meeting in incoming Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s office in between.
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