Zachary Faria is a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner, focusing on politics and sports. He previously interned for the Washington Free Beacon. He is originally from California’s San Joaquin Valley and is a graduate of Clemson University.
There are plenty of embarrassing things about the Republican Party currently, but the House GOP’s remarkable incompetence and petty squabbling is quickly rising up the list as one of the most pathetic.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was voted by the majority of the caucus to be the party’s pick as the next House speaker. A large chunk of the caucus then ignored that vote and decided they wouldn’t back Scalise anyway, so now he has dropped out of that race. The new presumed front-runner is Rep. Jim Jordan , with Rep. Ralph Norman calling on other House Republicans to back him and saying he could get 217 votes on the House floor.
McCarthy ally @RepRutherfordFL still dug in. Won't vote for Jordan: “I’m a no on allowing Matt Gaetz and the other seven to win by putting their individual in as Speaker."— Andrew Solender October 13, 2023 All it takes is five House Republicans to not be on board with a given candidate to sink him or her, and there is no reason to expect that Jordan or anyone else can avoid five holdouts without people giving up concessions.
This is what happens when you let your petty personal feuds take priority over beating Democrats. Rep. Matt Gaetz and Rep. Nancy Mace were among the eight Republicans who helped 212 Democrats remove a GOP House speaker with no plan for what follows. Supporters of both McCarthy and Scalise made up the majority of the caucus, but holdouts empowered Democrats to sink McCarthy and were going to do it again to Scalise, so now everything is at a standstill.
Again, if you wonder why Republicans so often lose to Democrats, as Gaetz and his ilk whine about, this is why. This is what losing looks like, and this is what it will continue to look like so long as the House GOP is full of selfish camera-chasers who want to talk tough about fighting Democrats while collaborating with them to cripple the House GOP caucus.
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