Kevin McCarthy loses first two votes for House speaker, as Utah’s GOP delegation backs the former minority leader

Utah Rep Chris Stewart is displeased with his fellow Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives who have refused to elect California Rep. Kevin McCarthy as the chamber’s new House speaker. After two rounds of voting on Tuesday, the first day of the 118th Congress, McCarthy has run into strong opposition from his political right, who think the Californian should not lead the recently GOP-flipped chamber. “A small group of egotistical members are currently holding up the House Speaker vote,” Stewart wrote on Twitter amid a chaotic second vote on...