China News Service, January 6th, comprehensive report, on January 5th local time, the 11th round of voting for the speaker of the US House of Representatives ended.
The deadlock has yet to be broken.
Data map: McCarthy.
Despite the huge concessions, Republican leader McCarthy's votes are getting lower and lower.
In the latest round of voting, Republican Representative Gates, who firmly opposed McCarthy as the new speaker, even voted directly for Trump.
According to the Associated Press, while McCarthy was whispering one-on-one canvassing in the chamber of the House of Representatives, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (Matt Gaetz) voted for Trump — making this A contentious election, made even more ridiculous.
The Associated Press analyzed that this is a symbolic but sharp sign of broad divisions about the future of the Republican Party.
Prior to this, Trump posted a composite picture on the social media he created. In the picture, the former president sat in the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Image source: Screenshot of Trump’s social media account.
According to the pictures released by Trump, he himself was placed in the position of former Speaker of the House of Representatives Pelosi, sitting next to US Vice President (and Senate Speaker) Harris, while Biden in front was giving a speech.
In the picture, Trump sticks out his tongue and has a funny expression.
It is reported that Trump did not accompany the picture when he posted it. It is not clear what his intention for posting this picture is.
CNN pointed out that after the failure of the 11th round of voting, the current election for the speaker of the House of Representatives has become the most voted in 164 years.
The previous record was in 1859, when there were 44 rounds of voting.
If the Speaker of the House of Representatives cannot be elected, all members of the House of Representatives cannot be sworn in, and the normal work of the House of Representatives cannot be advanced.
The 12th round of voting for the Speaker of the House of Representatives will be held soon, and it is still unknown whether the deadlock can be broken.