#shorts On 1/6/2023, Rep. Kevin McCarthy said, “I know the night is late but when we come back our very first bill will appeal the funding for 87 000 new items [music] but we also pledge to bring congress to the people because answers have not and will not always be found in washington that’s why one of our very first hearings will be held on the southern border no more ignoring a crisis of safety and sovereignty we must secure our border”

McCarthy: “Let us now take our oath and be worthy of the office on which we are about to enter. Not so fast I have to get sworn in first, sit down. I am now ready to take the oath of office.”

Now will the speaker designate raises right hand. Do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you’re about to enter, so happy god

McCarthy: yes I do.

Congratulations and god speak now

On the final ballot, four Republican holdouts – Reps. Bob Good, Va., Eli Crane, Ariz., Matt Rosendale, Mont., and Andy Biggs, Ariz., all switched their votes to ‘present,’ giving McCarthy the majority vote he needed for victory. They joined Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Lauren Boebert of Colorado in switching to ‘present’ votes after days of voting for a candidate other than McCarthy. The final vote tally was 216 for McCarthy, 212 for Democrat Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York and six ‘present’ votes.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/2p0__8IGgJA
GOP Kevin McCarthy Officially Sworn In As 55th Speaker Of The U.S. House Of Representatives