Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) added a new name to the House speaker fight on Thursday, voting for former President Trump on the 7th ballot.
Why it matters: This is a break from the unified faction of 20 House Republicans who'd been voting for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Florida) and blocking GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy from winning the speakership.
Nothing in the Constitution requires the speaker to be a sitting member of Congress, though that has been the case throughout U.S history.
Trump himself has endorsed McCarthy for speaker and has been unable to sway the GOP rebels, many of who consider themselves the former president's biggest supporters.
