The Republican candidate for president of the US House of Representatives announced on Thursday evening that he was withdrawing his candidacy, an institution paralyzed for more than a week, plunged into crisis, according to AFP and Agerpres.

Steve ScalisePhoto: Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP/Profimedia

Newly elected Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the leader of the Republican caucus, won Wednesday’s midterm elections to replace Kevin McCarthy, who was fired on Oct. 3, but failed to gain the support he needed because of a fratricidal dispute between moderates and Trump supporters. within his party.

The dismissal of Kevin McCarthy from the leadership of the lower house of the US Congress by members of his own party suspended for a week the main powers of this institution – one of the most powerful parliaments in the world.

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