Jamie Dupree/Substack:
GOP rebellion leaves House without a Speaker
McCarthy falls short on three straight ballots
Remember this: Kevin McCarthy’s weakness is why Marjorie Taylor Greene and George Santos will be seated in this Congress.
Want to make lemonade out of this lemon? Republicans might now be pushed to be honest about how insane their caucus is.
Did McCarthy know he was going to lose by at least 19 in the first three rounds? With anyone else it'd be a ridiculous (and humiliating) question, but it's McCarthy, who was a terrible whip. So it's merely humiliating.
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