佛罗里达州共和党众议员拜伦·唐纳兹周三获得提名作为共和党内最新的抗议候选人作为领袖凯文·麦卡锡继续奋斗赢得多数票当选议长。
唐纳兹是谁?
德克萨斯州共和党众议员奇普·罗伊(Chip Roy)在提名唐纳德担任最高职位时，称他为“亲爱的朋友，坚定的保守派，最重要的是，一个顾家的男人”。
唐纳德的竞选团队将他描述为“一个支持特朗普、热爱自由、反对堕胎、支持第二修正案的黑人。”
罗伊在周三的演讲中指出，因为民主党也推出了他们的领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯有史以来第一次有两位美国黑人被提名为众议院议长候选人。”这引起了会议厅全体起立鼓掌。
唐纳兹在周二的前两轮议长投票中投票支持麦卡锡，但在第三轮投票中，他将票转投给了麦卡锡的支持者俄亥俄州共和党众议员吉姆·乔丹，他坚持认为麦卡锡未能赢得前进所需的支持。
自从唐纳兹被提名以来——在第五轮选举中，科罗拉多州共和党众议员劳伦·博贝特(Lauren Boebert)提名了他——他就把票投给了自己。
根据他的家庭传记，唐纳德和杰弗里斯一样，在布鲁克林长大，但在佛罗里达上大学，并在金融和保险行业建立了职业生涯。
他在担任州代表后于2020年首次当选为众议院议员，现在代表佛罗里达州第19个国会选区。
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“说实话，我很幸运，也很受青睐。西南佛罗里达州一直对我很好，我很高兴有机会在国会代表他们，”唐纳兹说赢得比赛后说道在2020年，他说他的首要任务是水质。
他是国会中投票反对2020年总统选举结果的147名共和党人之一1月6日之后，尽管缺乏广泛欺诈的证据。
他和妻子艾丽卡有三个儿子:达蒙、达林和梅森。
Who is Byron Donalds, latest GOP protest nominee against McCarthy's speaker bid
Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds was nominated on Wednesday as the latest protest nominee from within the GOP as leader Kevin McCarthy continues to struggle to win a majority to be elected speaker.
Who is Donalds?
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, called Donalds a "dear friend, a solid conservative and, most importantly, a family man" as he nominated him for the top role.
Donalds' campaign team has described him as a "a Trump supporting, liberty loving, pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment black man."
Roy noted in his speech on Wednesday that, because Democrats have also put forth their leader, Hakeem Jeffries, "For the first time in history, there have been two Black Americans placed in nomination for speaker of the House." That prompted a standing ovation from the chamber.
Donalds voted for McCarthy in the first two rounds of the speaker vote, on Tuesday, but on the third round switched his vote to Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, a McCarthy supporter, insisting that McCarthy failed to win the necessary support to move forward.
Since Donalds has been nominated -- in the fifth round, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., nominated him -- he has voted for himself.
Donalds, like Jeffries, grew up in Brooklyn but went to college in Florida and built a career there in the financial and insurance industries, according to his House biography.
He was first elected to the House in 2020 after serving as a state representative and now represents Florida's 19th Congressional District.
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"I’m blessed and highly favored, honestly. Southwest Florida has always been great to me and I’m just glad to have the opportunity to represent them in Congress," Donalds said after winning his race in 2020, saying then that his first priority was water quality.
He was among the 147 Republicans in Congress who voted against the 2020 presidential election results in the aftermath of Jan. 6, despite the lack of evidence of widespread fraud.
He and his wife, Erika, have three sons: Damon, Darin and Mason.
