GOP Rep Attempts to Sway Colleagues With Cheeseburgers, Personalized Gifts in Bid for House Speaker

One of the Republican candidates vying to be the next 🏛️Speaker of the House has been attempting to sway his colleagues with cheeseburgers and personalized gifts.

Rep. 🏛️Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), otherwise known as the “McCongressman” sent his fellow GOP colleagues a “Dear Colleague” letter along with a McDonald’s cheeseburger in a first round of gifts as he attempts to wrangle up some votes for his bid for speaker.

The McDonald’s cheeseburgers come as a nod to Hern owning more than 20 locations with the fast-food chain prior to his time in Congress, according to Roll Call.

“My 35 years of experience as a business leader makes me uniquely qualified to lead a diverse Republican Conference and ensure we break the pattern of legislating in a perpetual state of crisis,” Hern wrote in his letter.

The House has remained without a speaker since eight Republicans joined with Democrats to remove Rep. 👤Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position.