MOSCOW, Jan 5 American entrepreneur and Twitter owner Elon Musk called for the election of the leader of Congressmen — Republicans in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, to the post of speaker of the lower house of the US Congress.
The lower house of the US Congress for the first time in a hundred years failed to choose a speaker the first time and held six votes in two days. It all ended in vain due to intra-party opposition to the leader of the Republican faction, Kevin McCarthy. He himself earlier spoke in favor of continuing consultations and expressed the hope that a compromise would be found. Before the election of the speaker, congressmen cannot take the oath and start legislative activity.
«Kevin McCarthy should be Speaker (U.S. House of Representatives — ed.)», Musk tweeted.