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NY Post
New York Post
23 Oct 2023


NextImg:‘McCongressman’ Kevin Hern delivers cheeseburgers to colleagues in bid for House speaker

WASHINGTON – He’s lovin’ it.

Republican Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma took a unique approach to hamburgle up some votes for his House speakership bid Monday.

Asking for his fellow GOP lawmakers’ support, Hern delivered a “Dear colleague” letter to their offices stapled to a bag containing two McDonald’s cheeseburgers.

The move was an apparent nod to his “McCongressman” nickname for his past as a McDonald’s franchisee. Hern once owned 18 of the fast-food restaurants.

Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma gave out McDonald’s cheeseburgers to Republican lawmakers as part of his bid to become House speaker.
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Hern is known as "McCongressman" because he owned 18 McDonald's franchises at one point.

Hern is known as “McCongressman” because he owned 18 McDonald’s franchises at one point.
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“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.

“Our Conference is at a crossroads. We can choose business as usual, or we can choose a speaker who didn’t come to Washington to be something, but to do something,” he added.

House Republicans will meet Monday evening to decide on their next nominee to become speaker of the House.