Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds was nominated as the latest protest nominee from within the GOP as leader Kevin McCarthy continues to struggle to win a majority to be elected speaker. Who is Donalds?
, there have been two Black Americans placed in nomination for speaker of the House." That prompted a standing ovation from the chamber.
Donalds voted for McCarthy in the first two rounds of the speaker vote, on Tuesday, but on the third round switched his vote to Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, a McCarthy supporter, insisting that McCarthy failed to win the necessary support to move forward. Since Donalds has been nominated -- in the fifth round, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., nominated him -- he has voted for himself.
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds talks with Rep. Lauren Boebert after Donalds was nominated as a candidate for Speaker of the House during a fourth round of voting for a new Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 4, 2023.Donalds, like Jeffries, grew up in Brooklyn but went to college in Florida and built a career there in the financial and insurance industries, according to his House biography.
He was first elected to the House in 2020 after serving as a state representative and now represents Florida's 19th Congressional District.
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