• United States The Republican Party, unable to elect its Speaker of the House of Representatives

Former US President Donald Trump broke a spear on Wednesday in favor of the candidate to preside over the US Lower House Kevin McCarthy, who on Tuesday

made history

by losing the vote three times

to be elected to this position due to divisions in his own party.

"Some really good conversations took place last night and now it's time for all our great Republican members of the House

to vote for Kevin, close the deal and take victory

," he said in a message on the Truth Social social network.

Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy lost Tuesday for the third consecutive time the vote to preside over the United States House of Representatives in the 118th legislature due to a rebellion by the hard-line of his party.

With 202 votes, the leader of the Republican caucus did

not achieve the 218 support needed to replace Democrat

Nancy Pelosi

as the new speaker of the Lower House, despite the fact that her party holds the parliamentary majority.

"Republicans,

don't turn a great win into a giant and embarrassing loss

. It's time to celebrate, you deserve it. Kevin McCarthy will do a good job, and maybe even a great job," added Trump, who has announced that he will run for President his party's nomination for next year's presidential election.

The right wing of the Republican Party, grouped in the so-called

Freedom Caucus

, keeps the election of the new leader

of the House of Representatives blocked, which cannot start until a new

speaker

is elected, after 20 wayward Republicans did not give support for McCarthy yesterday.

It was the first time since 1923, exactly a century ago, that the Lower House failed to name its president in a first vote.

The ultraconservative congressmen make McCarthy ugly for not having negotiated with them a reform of the debate rules or the names to lead the congressional committees in the new legislature.

The regulation does not contemplate any other alternative to continuing to repeat votes until someone achieves the necessary majority.

The House of Representatives will resume voting at noon this Wednesday.

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