Republican military veterans who were elected to the House of Representatives urges their colleagues to support Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.
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A group of Republican military veterans held a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to urge holdouts in the GOP to throw their support behind"The people standing behind me have regularly, consistently, over decades proven that they’re willing to put something greater than themselves above themselves," Rep.-elect Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisc., said at the briefing, noting that the group collectively has 291 years of military service between them.
"A minority of our party has decided that they want to continue with this obstructionism and it’s actually becoming detrimental to our nation," Van Orden added."I will not stand for that." Republican members speak during a news conference of Republicans, mainly veterans and medical professionals, who support Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. for Speaker of the House, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
McCarthy failed to garner the 218 necessary votes to become speaker in six ballots between Tuesday and Wednesday. About 20 members of the House Freedom Caucus have so far refused to support
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