It was not clear who would replace McCarthy, who was elected speaker in January after Republicans won control of the House in the 2022 midterm elections.
It’s more surprising that he essentially threw himself under the bus to keep the government from shutting down. First spine he’s shown yet, and now we have a chance at a speaker who isn’t being held hostage by actual domestic terrorists.
It’s more surprising that he essentially threw himself under the bus to keep the government from shutting down. First spine he’s shown yet, and now we have a chance at a speaker who isn’t being held hostage by actual domestic terrorists.