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Experts offer insight into why Andrew Clyde, others are against McCarthy as House speaker
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Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., stands with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in the House chamber as the House meets for a second day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Republicans in the U.S. House on Wednesday failed to muster a majority behind someone to lead their party as Speaker in five rounds of voting, with Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Republican from Athens, among 20 defectors to break away from the conservative establishment and vote against Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.