Rep. Andy Biggs is making a longshot bid to be the House speaker, saying his goal is 'changing the paradigm and the status quo.'
Rep. Andy Biggs made official his longshot bid to be the House Speaker when the next Congress convenes in Washington, in a move he framed as"changing the paradigm and the status quo."
Biggs isn't expected to topple McCarthy, but his candidacy makes clear the deep division within Republican ranks over the way forward in the next two years. Biggs, the former Arizona state Senate president, is the former head of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, which was arguably Trump's most supportive faction in the chamber.
"My bid to run for Speaker is about changing the paradigm and the status quo. Minority Leader McCarthy does not have the votes needed to become the next Speaker of the House and his speakership should not be a foregone conclusion.
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