Rep. Bacon 'guarantees' McCarthy has more support for speaker now than in November, urges GOP to be a 'team'
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Rep. Don Bacon joined “Sunday Night in America" to call on GOP lawmakers "holding out" on their support for Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's bid for speaker to come together as a "team."
Among those supporting McCarthy's bid for speaker were Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ga., and Rep. Brian FitzPatrick, Penn. Christopher Lopez is a digital production assistant for Fox News Digital. He joined Fox News in 2021.
"Eighty-five percent of the Republicans voted for Kevin McCarthy to be the next speaker, 15% voted for Andy Biggs, and by doing what they're doing, the five or six people holding out, it just takes five to derail this because we need 218 votes, you know, roughly to get Kevin McCarthy in the speakership. They don't even have a viable alternative that they're putting out on the floor. So it's just to say no without an alternative after 85% of the Republicans have selected Kevin. And right now, I guarantee you, Trey, it's about 95% are with them," Bacon said.