The Republican candidate for the presidency of the US House of Representatives, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, failed Friday to win the presidency of the House after 12 rounds of voting.
Although McCarthy received 14 additional votes, he failed to obtain 218 votes to win the position.
And 7 deputies from the far right of the Republican Party voted against McCarthy, amid continuing efforts to reach an agreement within the party that would persuade them to change their position.
It is assumed that the deputies will continue to vote until they can elect a new president and get out of the paralysis he is drowning in as a result of the divisions among the Republicans.
Democratic President Joe Biden described this situation as "embarrassing," stressing that "the rest of the world" is watching this chaos.
Earlier, former US President Donald Trump clearly called on Republicans to support McCarthy's candidacy, and wrote on his social network, "Truth Social," "Now is the time for the great Republican deputies in the House of Representatives to vote for Kevin (McCarthy) ... do not turn away from a great victory." to a gigantic and embarrassing defeat."
This crisis situation in the presidency of the House of Representatives has very tangible repercussions.
Without a president, the deputies cannot take the oath, and thus pass any bill.
The House of Representatives is the third most important position in the American political system after the president and vice president.
It should be noted that in 1856, members of Congress did not agree on a speaker for the House of Representatives until after two months and 133 sessions.