Kevin McCarthy finally won the votes needed to be elected President of the American House of Representatives on the night of Friday January 6 to Saturday January 7, ending a process marked to the end by very strong tensions in the Republican ranks.

By dint of negotiations, the group of Trumpists who paralyzed the nomination of the fifty-year-old from California finally gave in, ending a mess in Congress, unprecedented in more than 160 years.

With AFP

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