Okay, probably nowhere on earth is as violent, ghastly and combustible as the situation in Israel-Gaza right now (or for that matter, in Ukraine), but the House GOP is trying real hard. They're still engulfed in a near-bloody political civil war completely of their own doing.
The latest? Gym Jordan is 65 votes short of becoming Speaker (P.S. that's a lot), credit card criminal George Santos just threw a hissy fit in the hallway of the Longworth Building, and the House won't even convene again until Monday. Sixteen or so have already gone home — not even sticking around to hash the Speaker madness out over the weekend. There are rumors that they left in disgust.
And we're seeing hints, perhaps, of why Elise "Elsie" Stefanik has been AWOL in all the drama: The Republican delegation from New York is furious at her over Santos. And they can't be the only ones, particularly after George's superseding indictments and the Longworth eruption today. Maybe Elsie is too busy putting out her own fires to try to plant her foot in the door of Kevin McCarthy's former office.
Perhaps there's no member of their caucus who can win the Speakership. If that's the case, they'll be forced to appeal to Democrats to cut deals and end the chaos. But they're not helping by doing what McCarthy did today: He blamed the Democrats, of course. So can Team Jeffries trust any of them?
So the answer continues to be this: Six Republicans from Biden districts have to come over and put Hakeem in charge. Otherwise, the GOP will just continue circling the drain — and dragging the country with them — during a time of world crisis. We cats HISS.
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