He Has Rebelled Against Republican Leadership!

In a push for true conservative leadership, Texas Representative Chip Roy has nominated Arizona Representative Andy Biggs for speaker of the House of Representatives.

News of Roy’s nomination comes on the same day that Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was nominated for the position by 181 Republicans. This was during a closed-door caucus meeting. To win, prospective speakers must win a majority vote from representatives who are present. That vote typically takes place in January and does not require the House to elect a member of the lower chamber.

McCarthy is believed to be the favorite by most observers. However, some members of Congress, especially from the Freedom Caucus, have other ideas on the new leadership for the GOP in the House. Multiple news reports have claimed that McCarthy had already “won” the speakership position. Although likely McCarthy’s win is not yet official.

According to conservative rebel Chip Roy, Andy Biggs is the right man for the job. Roy asserts that Biggs has the “courage to offer a debate rather than a coronation,” despite media organizations prematurely bestowing McCarthy the power.

Roy, who spoke briefly about his decision to nominate Biggs, said his vote was for change and debate within the party.

“We should consider changing the way we do things in this broken Congress,” Roy said in his address.

But while Republicans managed to draw out nearly 5 million more voters than Democrats, they walked away from the midterm election with only the slimmest majority in the House. It certainly wasn’t the red wave that was projected. For Roy, this “outcome is not so much murky as convicting” and instead screams a need for new leadership. Roy pushed for leadership from the Freedom Caucus as a need for a breath of fresh air amongst the stench of the swamp.

“Voters don’t understand how Democrats, who have championed such destruction, still hold so much power and largely avoided the reckoning,” Roy said. He then criticized  his Republican colleagues for how they planned to “de-centralize the power of Washington” when they couldn’t even “de-centralize their own leadership structure.”

“A vote for Andy is a vote to shout ‘stop’ and to stand athwart the status quo.  It’s a vote to pause and debate. It’s not a vote against Kevin, but a vote to force us all to the table to figure out how – not if – how we will come together as a party; to re-shape the conference rules; re-think the make-up of steering and the very structure and operation of the rules committee; and most of all, lay out a specific agreed-to agenda and battle plan around which we can unify and to inspire and win the minds and hearts of Americans,” he concluded.

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