{"id":56728,"date":"2023-01-05T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=56728"},"modified":"2023-01-05T14:28:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T19:28:10","slug":"matt-gaetz-a-florida-congressman-votes-for-donald-trump-for-house-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2023\/01\/matt-gaetz-a-florida-congressman-votes-for-donald-trump-for-house-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Gaetz, a Florida congressman, votes for Donald Trump for House speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/matt-gaetz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/matt-gaetz.jpg 790w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/matt-gaetz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/matt-gaetz-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz cast his seventh ballot in&nbsp;the election for Speaker of the House of Representatives&nbsp;for former President Donald Trump on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/president-donald-trump.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56730\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetz has been&nbsp;one of the leaders of the 20 far-right, breakaway GOP congressmen&nbsp;who have opposed U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s election to the Speaker&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Gaetz&#8217;s name was called during the roll call vote on the floor of the House Thursday, Gaetz rose and said &#8220;Donald John Trump&#8221; to an audible gasp from the other House members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does the speaker of the house need to be an elected member of Congress?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the position of speaker has always been a sitting member of Congress, under the Constitution, the position does not have to be a member of Congress, so Trump is an eligible candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/230104141822-byron-donalds-house-010423.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/230104141822-byron-donalds-house-010423.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/230104141822-byron-donalds-house-010423-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetz&#8217;s vote for the former president was the first of the holdout lawmakers not to vote for&nbsp;fellow Floridian U.S Rep. Byron Donalds&nbsp;since Donalds emerged as the lead candidate of the breakaway faction on Wednesday during the second day of voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCarthy failed Thursday morning to win a majority in the seventh round of voting, only winning 201 votes. Donalds won 19 votes, and all 212 Democrats supported U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries from New York. Gaetz was the only member to vote for Trump, while Indiana Republican Victoria Spartz voted present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz cast his seventh ballot in&nbsp;the election for Speaker of the House of Representatives&nbsp;for former President Donald Trump on Thursday. 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