After three days of voting for other Republicans in the U.S. House speaker voting, U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde flipped his support to U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy in the 12th round of voting on Friday.
Clyde, whose district includes northern Gwinnett, had been one of the 20 Republican members of Congress who have been backing GOP challengers to McCarthy’s bid to become Speaker of the House.
Clyde had been the only GOP member of Georgia’s congressional delegation who was not backing McCarthy in the speaker race. Democrats in the delegation have repeatedly backed U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in round after round of voting.
“My fight has never been about personalities — it has always been about restoring the people’s voice in the People’s House,” Clyde said in a statement on Friday night. “I voted for Kevin McCarthy based on an agreement to…
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