Kevin McCarthy has once again failed to win enough votes among Republicans to become the next Speaker of the House.
The race for Speaker has been a perfect picture of the GOP’s disarray. Republicans, fresh off an underperformance in the November midterms, were at least supposed to be able to celebrate their House majority. But instead of a victory lap, they are having a battle between the extreme Trump wing and the…well,Tensions between Republicans have spilled into the open. Speaking with reporters on Wednesday,didn’t hold back in criticizing the McCarthy holdouts in his party’s ranks.
“I’m tired of your stupid platitudes that some consultant told you to say on the campaign trail, alright. Behind closed doors tell us what you actually want, or shut the fuck up,” he. The proceedings have opened a new rift betweenwho somehow, against all odds, is practically sounding like an establishment Republican.
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