Plainly put, the GOP is a hot, flaming mess right now. (via MaddowBlog)
Let’s start with the House and this NBC NewsConservative lawmakers sent a strong message to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy on Monday, telling him he doesn’t have the votes to be the next speaker. The warning shot came just one day before McCarthy heads into a closed-door election seeking to become his party’s nominee for speaker of the House starting in January.
Indeed, while McCarthy would much prefer not to have an intra-party rival, Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, the current head of the Freedom Caucus, isto challenge the party leader. McCarthy will almost certainly have considerably more support within the GOP conference, but the challenge will itself be emblematic of the party’s deeper divisions, while reinforcing the apparent fact that McCarthy does not yet have the support he’ll need for the gavel.
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