GOP Holdouts Rally Behind Byron Donalds in Effort to Deny McCarthy of Speakership

A group of 20 Republicans voted for Rep. Byron Donalds (R‑FL) on the second day of voting for House speaker, denying House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R‑CA) the gavel in the fourth ballot.Rep. Chip Roy (R‑TX) nominated Donalds when the House came back in session at noon Wednesday.“For the first time in history, there have been two black Americans placed into the nominati …