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Opinion
Robert A. George


ONE WAY THE SPEAKER FIASCO WAS GOOD FOR REPUBLICANS

Both sides in the protracted debate recognized the need for racial, ethnic and
gender diversity. 

Newly prominent Byron Donalds.

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Sreaming’s latest hit show, McCarthy Agonistes, has ended its five-day run, but
the protracted vote for speaker of the House highlighted one unexpected yet
welcome facet of the Republican Party: actual diversity — and not just of the
ideological variety.

I recently wrote about how Black Republicans in the House, in doubling their
numbers from just two to four, might be able to leverage their newly found
prominence. I didn’t expect their opportunity to come so soon.



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On the second day of voting, the anti-Kevin McCarthy faction settled on
Representative Byron Donalds of Florida as its preferred candidate for speaker.
Donalds, elected in 2020, had announced shortly after the November election his
interest in running for the Republican Conference chair position currently held
by Representative Elise Stefanik. Stefanik beat back the challenge easily, but
the effort immediately marked Donalds as someone to watch. Sure enough, after
supporting McCarthy on the first two ballots, Donalds threw in with the
insurgents.

When Donalds’s name was put forth, the Democratic caucus didn’t exactly cover
itself in glory. In his speech nominating Donalds, Representative Chip Roy
observed that, with the Democrats’ earlier nomination of Hakeem Jeffries, “for
the first time in history, there have been two Black Americans placed into the
nomination for speaker of the House.”

Republicans leapt to a standing ovation. Democrats were notably slow to rise.
Representative Cori Bush later tweeted that Donalds “is not a historic candidate
for Speaker. He is a prop. … His name being in the mix is not progress — it’s
pathetic.”




Bush’s “prop” language is a demeaning insult, one often made against minority
Republicans. Even more, it denies Donalds agency: He’d already made it clear
that he wanted a significant role in the Republican caucus. Why not offer
himself up for a possible major leadership position?

Bush’s tweet also betrays an ignorance of how diversity and opportunity work in
the real world. Progressives have long argued that diversity is a strength of US
society, business and culture. By nominating Donalds, Republicans were
acknowledging this truth. Yes, the nomination was symbolic, even quixotic, but
so are many early opportunities.




Indeed, McCarthy’s supporters immediately saw the symbolic value of the Donalds
nomination. On the third day of voting, another Black Republican, John James of
Michigan, stepped forward to present arguably the best McCarthy nominating
speech of the week. James’s speech was partly about his own biography, but it
was also about the GOP as the historic vehicle for African-American aspirational
achievement — and McCarthy’s role over the last two elections in working to
diversify the party. The racial, ethnic and gender diversity of the GOP was then
highlighted over the next several votes, with nominating speeches delivered by
Representatives Anna Paulina Luna, Kat Cammack and Juan Ciscomani.




Republicans may not have had their act together in terms of actually naming a
speaker — it took them five days to settle on McCarthy (and in the end, Donalds
was a supporter). But the debate showed they understand some of the broader
politics of diversity. No matter how right-wing various factions in the party
might be, or how much trouble they might yet cause, they’ve absorbed the
progressive lesson that representation matters.

More From Bloomberg Opinion:

 * This Won’t Be the Last Breakdown in the House: Jonathan Bernstein
 * Republicans Are in Power Without a Plan: The Editors
 * Kevin McCarthy’s Fiasco Is Making History: Stephen Mihm

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Bloomberg LP and its owners.

To contact the author of this story:
Robert A. George at rgeorge46@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Michael Newman at mnewman43@bloomberg.net



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