'The mess at the Capitol certainly does not put America’s best foot forward when it comes to propaganda,' writes Philip_Elliott for The D.C. Brief
, are reminders of just how fragile the American democratic experiment remains, and why, in critics’ eyes, it mightn’t be the shining example its defenders suggest.
And yet this is the state of Washington—and U.S. democracy—as 2023 starts, sending up plenty of worries for what the next two years of government stand to be. Republicans have a majority in the House but can’t even settle on one person to lead them. Now, 13 failed ballots deep into McCarthy’s maybe-quixotic climb to the Speaker role, Washington is trying to figure out what parts of the House might be salvaged and what others might just need to head to the scrap yard until, at least, 2024.
After Wednesday’s votes foretold a protracted battle, military veterans now armed with voting cards invited reporters to a briefing room off the House floor to explain the global stakes of what their colleagues were doing.
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