Republicans will elect their official candidate for House speaker Tuesday as conservative hardliners within the House Freedom Caucus signal objections to Kevin McCarthy.
Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., weighs in on Rep. Kevin McCarthy's bid to be House speaker as his Freedom Caucus problem returns on "The Ingraham Angle."
Republicans will meet on Tuesday and vote on their official candidate for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives as conservative hardliners within the Freedom Caucus signal objections to Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, center. "Many of us feel like there's this illusion of representative government that our citizens have that's not realistic," said House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry, R-Pa.
"If the GOP majority is 218, he can't afford to lose a single vote," said the aide."If it's 228, he can probably lose up to 10 votes. All eyes are on the conference vote because that will be the first sign of how strong or vulnerable McCarthy is right now."
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