Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., revealed Sunday he has been appointed to the Republican House Steering Committee in exchange for supporting Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker.
Donalds revealed the new appointment during a Sunday appearance onFILE: Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., is interviewed on his way to the House chamber, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, to attend the 14th vote for speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington.to become House speaker. To become speaker, McCarthy had to make concessions to a small group of hardliners who refused to support him until he yielded to their demands.
Donalds was among a group of 20 hardline Republicans who refused to vote for McCarthy after he initially voted in his favor. He then switched to support Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, before his fellow Republicans nominated him for the role. "Early on I gave Kevin the benefit of the doubt. But it came pretty quickly clear to me that we were getting nowhere. And so, at that point, it was saying, ‘OK, how long is this going to go? What’s this going to play out like?’" Donalds said."And so it was really about trying to make sure that we can get people to the table in order to construct a framework that everybody in our conference can get behind.
FILE: U.S. Rep.-elect Mike Rogers, R-Ala., is restrained by Rep.-elect Richard Hudson, R-N.C., after getting into an argument with Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., as House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks away, in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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