Kevin McCarthy looks to defy history as new speaker for divided, angry GOP Analysis from JimAntle:
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich helped lead Republicans to their first majority in the chamber in 40 years, the first member of his party to wield the gavel since Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr . He was out within five years, with the GOP’s right flank already nipping at his heels.
Gingrich and Ryan remain influential, and Boehner appears to be happy in retirement. But McCarthy likely aspired to more when he set his sights on the gavel. Republicans failed to make big gains in the midterm elections amid serious divisions over how to position the party as President Joe Biden faltered. This both increased intraparty finger-pointing and reduced McCarthy’s margin for error.
In the last hours of the speakership fight, the most powerful members were arguably Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene .
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