Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., an advocate for the rights of the imprisoned Jan. 6 defendants, tweeted photos of the calls from Trump to the six holdouts standing firm against McCarthy through the 14th failed vote.
“I do want to especially thank President Trump,” McCarthy, once a critic of Trump from Jan. 6, 2021, told reporters after his speaker acceptance speech and the swearing-in of members. “I don’t think anybody should doubt his influence. He was with me from the beginning. Somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there. And he was all in. He would call me and he would call others.
“He really was — and I was just talking to him tonight — helping get those final votes.”
Trump’s calls to the six holdouts against McCarthy came as Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., had to be restrained by Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., when shouting down Gaetz for continuing to hold out, forcing a potential vote to adjourn until Monday and, ultimately, a 15th vote that proved to be successful.
[That would explain Gaetz’ sudden reversal on adjournment, as well as the flip to “present” from the other five dissidents. — Ed]
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