Marjorie Taylor Greene hands anti-McCarthy Republican a phone with TRUMP on the line
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Amazing moment Marjorie Taylor Greene hands the anti-McCarthy Republican a phone with TRUMP on the line as the former president tried to get rebels, including Gaetz, to switch the votes.
- Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was captured on the House floor Friday night holding her cell phone with former President Donald Trump on the line.
- Greene was trying to get Rep. Matt Rosendale to talk to the former president after he voted for Rep. Andy Biggs over Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker.
- On the final vote, Rosendale voted ‘present’ after McCarthy already had enough votes to win
- “It was the perfect phone call,” Greene tweeted, sharing Bloomberg’s photo of the moment Trump’s initials can be seen on his iPhone screen.
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was captured on the House floor Friday night holding her cell phone with former President Donald Trump on the line.
After the failed 14th vote by House Republicans to select Republican leader Kevin McCarthy as speaker, Greene tried to get Rep. Matt Rosendale to speak to the former president.
“It was the perfect phone call,” Greene tweeted, sharing the Bloomberg photo of the moment, where Trump’s initials “DT” were clearly visible on his iPhone screen.
Rosendale, a Montana Republican, had called out the name of Rep. Andy Biggs during the 14th round of voting.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tries to hand over her phone, with former President Donald Trump on the line, to anti-McCarthy Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale after the 14th ballot failed to produce a House speaker.
The initials of ‘DT’, former President Donald Trump, can be clearly seen on Greene’s iPhone screen as it approached midnight on Friday and Republicans were about to make a 15th attempt to get Rep. Kevin McCarthy to cross the line.
Greene shared the photo of herself on the House floor on the phone with former President Donald Trump and tweeted: “It was the perfect phone call,” a callback to what Trump called his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. , which caused him to be accused.
On the 15th, Rosendale yelled ‘present’, after McCarthy had received enough votes to finally clinch the presidency.
During round 14, Rosendale was just one of four Republicans to yell names other than McCarthy.
The two most prominent Never Kevin Republicans, Reps. Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert, had voted ‘present,’ but it wasn’t enough to get McCarthy to cross the line.
Republicans first tried to recess until Monday, but halfway through the vote, McCarthy rushed to the dais, encouraging other Republicans to do the same and switch their votes as it looked like a 15th try might be in the offing. exit.
The ‘perfect phone call’ was what Trump called his conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a conversation that would land him in impeachment for the first time.
He stopped funding approved by Congress in an effort to try to pressure Zelensky into announcing investigations into Joe and Hunter Biden.
Trump now perceived President Joe Biden as his biggest threat in the 2020 election.
Looking ahead to 2024, Trump has already announced a presidential run, but his encouragement that House Republicans endorse McCarthy was ignored for several days.
It took until Friday, and McCarthy made a series of concessions to the Tories, to get the final votes he needed to go his way.
‘GREAT NIGHT FOR AMERICA!’ Trump wrote on Truth Social around 7 p.m. mocking McCarthy’s eventual victory.
McCarthy was elected speaker at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, after two rounds of overnight voting.
‘The ‘Speaker’ selection process, crazy as it sounds, has made it so much bigger and more important than if it was done in the more conventional way. Congratulations to Kevin McCarthy and our GREAT Republican Party!’ Trump posted on Truth Social when voting concluded.