White House, Democrats revel in GOP 'disarray' as McCarthy speakership bid flounders

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WASHINGTON — Asked during a Tuesday briefing about House Republicans’ ongoing struggle to elect a speaker, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre broke into a telling grin. “We’re certainly not going to insert ourselves in what’s happening on the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue,” she said, seeming to suppress a laugh as she spoke.

On the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue is the U.S. Congress, where Republicans have been in the midst of a contentious leadership fight since narrowly retaking the lower chamber in last November’s midterm elections. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who had long coveted the speakership, assumed that the position would be his, but he failed to overcome opposition from his own party in at least the initial rounds of speaker votes.

By Tuesday evening, McCarthy was dealt three embarrassing losses, but he and his allies vowed to stick it out for additional ballots.

“The @GOP is in disarray,” former top White House aide Cristóbal Alex wrote on Twitter, using an insult Republicans flung at Democrats when fights erupted between moderates and progressives.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-democrats-revel-in-gop-disarray-as-mc-carthy-speakership-bid-flounders-224051443.html

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1. He counted on a "red wave" and all he got was this:

Will he stick it out for additional ballots?

Gym Jordan might.

But aren't there rules against that?

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2. The Poot looks puffier now than in that photo. Poot counted on a red wave, too

I recall a clip of Russian tv talkers with a reporter 'in the field' who told their viewers to expect losses of territory until January. I don't think they will get the relief they were hoping for this month.