The House GOP's right flank is furious the new speaker worked with Democrats to avoid a shutdown, a move that essentially mirrored Kevin McCarthy's last act on the job.
NPR reporter Claudia Grisales, who was interviewing Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) at the time he was allegedly elbowed by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), spoke about her experience in an interview on CNN Tuesday. “[U]ntil he was shoved, he lunged towards me, in that moment,” Grisales, who is NPR’s congressional correspondent, told CNN’s Anderson…
The chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) called Republican fighting in Congress a “clown show” Tuesday. “Kevin McCarthy is elbowing his colleagues,” Jaime Harrison told anchor Blake Burman in an interview on “The Hill on NewsNation.” “I mean, these folks, it’s a clown show on the Hill right now.” Harrison appeared to reference an…