Byron Donalds

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, Republican of Texas this afternoon put the name of fellow Republican, U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida, into nomination.

Rep. and U.S. U.S. So now the rightward segment of the House Republican caucus appeared on course to back another Donald J.

Donalds won 20 votes in the fourth round of voting, ensuring McCarthy could not clinch a victory.

Following a round of voting Wednesday, Donalds told Fox News Channel's "America Reports" that he intended "to make sure that we get a speaker elected and that we start this process. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), in a 144-74 vote. It needs to be earned," he added. The days of just power by acclamation, those days are over. But what is necessary now is that Republicans come together and find a way to elect a speaker," he added. - He was among the 139 House Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election on Jan. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) for the role. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). - "Right now, he doesn’t have a pathway to get there. [Trump urged Republicans](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/04/trump-mccarthy-gop-house-speaker-vote)to vote for McCarthy. [third round flipped his vote](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/04/house-republicans-speaker-governable)from McCarthy to Rep. [blocking GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/04/house-speaker-vote-kevin-mccarthy) (Calif.) from taking the position.

The far-right of the House Republican Party nominated Rep. Byron Donalds from Florida for speaker as the floor fight over the gavel continued Wednesday.

Donalds was raised in Brooklyn, New York, by a “single mom with three kids, two jobs and not much else,” he said. “Right now, he doesn’t have a pathway to get there,” Donalds told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins after voting against McCarthy Tuesday. Francis Rooney vacated Florida’s 19th Congressional District seat, and his second in 2022 in a landslide victory. So far, Donalds has collected 20 votes each in the fourth, fifth and sixth ballots for speaker, blocking McCarthy’s path to victory. Jim Jordan of Ohio on the third ballot with conservative hardliners. Byron Donalds from Florida for speaker as the

The 20 Republicans opposing Representative Kevin McCarthy of California for the House speakership have coalesced, for now at least, around Representative ...

“Byron Donalds is a good man raised by a single mom who moved past adversity, became a Christian man at the age of 21 and has devoted his life to advancing the cause for his family and his country.” “We do not seek to judge people by the color of their skin, but rather the content of their character,” Mr. In nominating him at the start of the fourth vote on Wednesday, Representative Chip Roy of Texas noted that Mr. [a 2021 interview with The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/us/politics/byron-donalds-trump.html), Mr. Donalds, 44, worked in finance before being elected to the Florida House in 2016 and then to the U.S. That makes him an unusual candidate for the job of speaker, which normally goes to more experienced legislators, though there is no formal requirement that a speaker have served in Congress for a certain length of time or even that they be a member.

Republican Rep-elect Byron Donalds is pushing back on fellow Rep-elect Cori Bush, who has attacked him for his race amid his push for the House Speaker ...

"I felt as though we had a very good discussion." Donalds fired back: "FWIW, nobody asked @CoriBush her opinion on the matter. McCarthy has also expressed optimism that he is winning over members. He also encouraged her to challenge his "policies and the outcomes" rather than the color of his skin. "FWIW, @ByronDonalds is not a historic candidate for Speaker. [House speaker race.](https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics)

Republican opponents to GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker nominated Florida Rep. Byron Donalds for speaker of the House as voting continues.

He falls squarely in the pro-life camp and has been vocal in his opposition to abortion. During that race, Donalds beat out six better-funded Republican opponents in his primary, securing a narrow victory. Here's what you need to know about his views and political profile. After a contentious 15-round fight over who would occupy the role, many of these rebels had originally gravitated to Byron Donalds](https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2023/01/04/byron-donalds-republican-congressman-florida/10990623002/), a second-term congressman from Florida who is considered [an ascendent figure in the GOP.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/25/u-s-house-district-19-byron-donalds-black-conservative-national-office/5793284002/) [20 representatives standing in the way](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/01/03/congress-mccarthy-denied-speakership-santos-house/10982657002/) of a McCarthy speakership shifted their votes to Donalds.

Para la cuarta ronda de votación, los 20 opositores pasaron de dar su apoyo al representante Jim Jordan, de Ohio, a Byron Donalds.

Donalds fue criado en Brooklyn, Nueva York, por una “madre soltera con tres hijos, dos trabajos y no mucho más”, dijo. Ese bloque de los 20 mantuvo su votación a Donalds en la quinta y sexta ronda. El representante luego tuvo una victoria aplastante en las midterms de 2022. Ganó su primera elección en 2020 después de que el representante republicano Francis Rooney dejara vacante el escaño en ese distrito. “En este momento, (McCarthy) no tiene un camino para llegar allí. En ese mismo anuncio, el entonces candidato relató que había sido arrestado cuando era joven por posesión de drogas y que decidió recomponer su vida “a través de la gracia de Dios”.

Sin embargo, el sector más conservador del partido Republicano nuevamente fue en contra de McCarthy y votó por Byron Donalds, un político de derecha que ...

La Cámara levantó la sesión a las 8 de la noche del miércoles 4 de enero (hora del este). [Byron Donalds obtuvo 20 votos en la elección del nuevo presidente de la Cámara. Donalds, de 44 años, vive en Naples, Florida, con su esposa y sus tres hijos. Durante la primera campaña, Donalds se describió a sí mismo en un anuncio político como un “hombre afroamericano políticamente incorrecto, partidario de Trump, propietario de armas, amante de la libertad y pro-vida”. Donalds fue criado en Brooklyn, Nueva York, por una “madre soltera con tres hijos, dos trabajos y no mucho más”, aseguró en aquella ocasión. En el mismo anuncio político, Donalds describió que fue arrestado cuando era joven por posesión de drogas y que decidió recomponer su vida “a través de la gracia de Dios”.

As the U.S. House of Representatives made its way through a historic sixth vote for speaker of the chamber, a Republican.

Since leaving the school board, Erika Donalds has scored a number of prominent appointments from top GOP officials in the state. Donalds helped start and run the Mason Classical Academy, a charter school in Collier County. Donalds grew up in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a single mother. (He is no longer involved with the school.) His wife, Erika Donalds, served a term on the county school board from 2014 to 2018. He settled in the education realm. (Before this week, no vote for House speaker had gone past the first round of voting in a century.) Rep.-elect Byron Donalds represents a Southwest Florida congressional district that ranges from the Fort Myers area in the north to Marco Island in the south. After college, he went into the finance industry, according to his congressional biography. For a relative newcomer to Congress, Donalds is a seasoned politico. (Neither passed.) As a state representative, Donalds successfully sponsored a criminal justice reform measure raising the [threshold](https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/05/03/florida-legislature-sends-criminal-justice-reform-to-desantis-but-advocates-see-mixed-victory/) at which a theft becomes a felony from $300 to $750. As the U.S.

Who is Byron Donalds? Rebel Republicans rally around the Florida congressman to defeat McCarthy. Donalds describes himself as “everything the fake news media ...

.. In a negotiation with Chuck Schumer I wouldn’t want to be on the other side of Byron Donalds.” Scott Perry of Pennsylvania awkwardly evoked Frederick Douglass in praising Donalds, saying Wednesday that the abolitionist “went and worked with Abraham Lincoln to emancipate the people of color in this country and said he would never be anything but a Republican. “We do not seek to judge people by the color of their skin, but rather the content of their character,” Roy said. Cori Bush of Missouri, who is Black, tweeted that he’s being used as a “prop.” He also was [among the 147 Republicans in Congress](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html) who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Donalds’ wife, Erika Donalds, with whom he has three children, is also a conservative Republican and involved in state politics. In 2020, he won a Donalds said the incident inspired him to change his life and eventually emerge from businessman to politician. Byron Donalds, a conservative two-term lawmaker from Florida who is considered a rising star in the GOP but is still relatively unknown nationally. He completed a diversion program on the drug charge and the other was expunged. Donalds’ campaign website describes him as “everything the fake news media says doesn’t exist: a Trump supporting, liberty loving, pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment black man.” That 20-vote faction has prevented McCarthy from reaching a majority of 218 votes, since he can afford to lose no more than four votes from his caucus to be elected speaker.

Rep.-elect Byron Donalds has responded to criticism from fellow Rep.-elect Cori Bush, who said his "being Black" makes him a "prop" in the House speaker ...

“I felt as though we had a very good discussion.” The group is asking for concessions and is optimistic that McCarthy will pull through. Until then, don’t be a crab in a barrel!” Bush’s attack on Donalds, an underdog in the Republican race for the House speaker, comes as the congressman-elect received the second most votes among Republican candidates behind front-runner Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. “FWIW, @ByronDonalds is not a historic candidate for Speaker. Donalds fired back: “FWIW, nobody asked @CoriBush her opinion on the matter.