BREAKING: 19 REPUBLICANS DEFECT in First Vote for House Speaker - At Least 19 Vote Against Kevin McCarthy!

AT LEAST 19 REPUBLICANS DEFECT in first vote for the US House Speaker.

At least 11 Congress members have voted for alternative candidates.

BREAKING: There have been 5 Republican defections in the vote for House Speaker meaning that Kevin McCarthy does not have the votes needed on the first ballot to become Speaker.

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 3, 2023

First round of House Speaker vote occurring now:

Kevin McCarthy doesn’t have the votes.

— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) January 3, 2023

Kevin McCarthy has lost his bid to be the next Speaker of the House on the first ballot.

— Emerald Robinson ✝️ (@EmeraldRobinson) January 3, 2023

UPDATE: 8 GOP Defectors!

BREAKING: With 8 Republican defections so far, Kevin McCarthy will not be elected Speaker on the first round of voting. House will got to 2nd ballot for first time in 100 years.

— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) January 3, 2023

Matt Gaetz just obliterated Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker: “If you want to drain the swamp, you cannot put the biggest alligator in charge of the exercise.”

Couldn’t agree more!

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 3, 2023

Rep. Andy Biggs received 7 votes.

Over/Under the number of votes to decide speaker of the house? Setting the total at 3.5 pic.twitter.com/bz6FHFHtbw

— Julio N. Rausseo (@JNReports) January 3, 2023

First time since 1923 a speaker was not voted in on first vote.

Still in the G’s for roll call vote for Speaker and there’s already *10* votes against McCarthy

First time a Speaker has not been voted in on the 1st roll call since 1923

McCarthy humiliated Republicans in the midterms and is now humiliating himself in the Speaker vote

— Rogan O’Handley (@DC_Draino) January 3, 2023

Here’s the list:

Here are the 19 Republicans who voted against Kevin McCarthy (note: vote is still open) pic.twitter.com/7XbpI3OlOQ

— Annie Grayer (@AnnieGrayerCNN) January 3, 2023