Even months before the midterm election, the long-presumed next Speaker of the House was Kevin McCarthy, but after six votes without a winner, a man who retired from Congress two days ago is now being bandied about as a compromise. 9News
"The single WORST person the Republicans could have as Speaker would be Fred Upton, almost worse than a Democrat," Trump wrote on his social media platform.Much to the frustration of many of his colleagues, Matt Gaetz has been leading a bloc of Republicans opposed to Kevin McCarthy.And for now, the few moderates in the Republican caucus are backing McCarthy, while about 20 conservatives are resolutely opposed to him.
"There are preliminary talks, but we don't want to go too fast on this because that then highjacks what Kevin is trying to do, and we want to support Kevin," Bacon said.Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans listen as Lauren Boebert nominates a conservative challenger to be speaker.
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