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As former President Donald Trump continues to stand by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy in his Speaker of the House bid, most of the representatives-elect who are backing Trump's presidential bid are still standing by his choice for speaker.
On the seventh speaker vote this week, which McCarthy lost again, 10 Reps.-elect who have professed their support for Trump's 2024 bid backed McCarthy. Those are Texas' Troy Nehls, Ronny Jackson and Wesley Hunt; New York's Elise Stefanik; Ohio's Mike Carey and Max Miller; Georgia's Marjorie Taylor Greene; Louisiana's Clay Higgins; and Alabama's Barry Moore and Dale Strong.
Only four Republican members-elect backing Trump — Florida's Matt Gaetz, Illinois' Mary Miller, Arizona's Paul Gosar and Arizona's Eli Crane — voted against him (Gaetz voted for Trump himself, while the other three backed Florida Republican Rep.-elect Byron Donalds). But that's four of the 21 who are not backing McCarthy.
