Rep. Byron Donalds says he ‘may or may not be’ next House speaker after getting 20 votes

Rep.-elect Byron Donalds: Kevin McCarthy faces 'difficult path' to be Speaker

. The Freedom Caucus has largely been aligned with former president and current candidate Donald Trump, who had endorsed McCarthy.

“Washington is broken, the House does not function. And so we want to see a process where power is actually devolved back to the members of Congress so that they can do the job on behalf of the people who sent them here.” The newly elevated power player said his caucus was not worried about delaying the business of the 118th Congress — whose members cannot be sworn in until a speaker is chosen.

“Actually, I’m quite confident that after this delay, everybody is going to be more than ready to get back to work. So it’s important that we go through this process and get it right.”

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