Republican ‘chaos caucus’ torpedoes Kevin McCarthy’s chances as House speaker 🔴 The minority of 'Make America Great Again' hardliners in the House of Representatives brought gridlock to Capitol Hill in scenes not witnessed for 100 years
What happened next was one for the history books as the last time the House speaker’s appointment – which should be a formality – went beyond the first round of voting was in 1923.showed they seem incapable of governing and that the next two years are going to be defined by frustration and insanity.
Former House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, walks on Capitol Hill in Washington after the House adjourned following three failed attempts to select a speaker One of his colleagues did the decent thing and called for a recess until noon the next day to give everyone a break. Instead, McCarthy was left looking like a tragicomic figure who broke one of the cardinal rules of politics: don’t put something to a vote if you don’t know the outcome .
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