‘David Duke Without the Baggage’: Joy Reid Mocks Possible Scalise Speakership by Citing Past Comments, Says GOP ‘Bench Is Rotten’

MSNBC’s Pleasure Reid recommended few if any Republicans are appropriate for the speakership after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) did not steady enough votes to attain the place. McCarthy failed to gain the essential 218 votes in every of the three roll calls held on Tuesday. Just about two dozen Republicans […]

January 3, 2023 / TODAY

‘This Was His Own Doing’: Former House Republican Says Kevin McCarthy Has Himself to Blame for Fraught Speakership Bid

Former Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) pinned the blame squarely on Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as the latter’s bid to develop into the next speaker of the Home teeters on the brink. The full House of Representatives will vote for its subsequent speaker on Tuesday when Republicans will cling a slender 222-212 […]

January 2, 2023 / TODAY

‘I’m a No’: Matt Gaetz Emerges from McCarthy’s Office After Meeting Amid Tense Speakership Battle

Haley Talbot/NBC News Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) met with Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday because the latter’s bid for the speakership could also be in peril. Republicans are slated to retake the House this week after securing a majority in November’s midterm elections. The GOP will dangle […]

January 2, 2023 / TODAY

WHIP LIST: McCarthy searches for 218 GOP Speakership votes

November 25, 2022 / Politics

House Republican Says He’s Challenging McCarthy for Speakership: ‘It’s a New World’

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) became the primary House Republican to publicly announce a challenge to Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s bid to change into speaker of the Home. Republicans have all but locked up keep an eye on of the Home, as some races have yet to be known as. When […]

November 14, 2022 / TODAY