crenshaw of texas told off post, quote, there s no other alternative. today, the house had to plumnelley secret leadership vote in the republican caucus, and in that, mccarthy seemed to dispatches only real rival, the far-right election denier, andy biggs of arizona. in that preliminary speakership for, just within the republican caucus, 31 republicans voted against mccarthy. that means he got 180 votes. he would need 218 to wield the speakers gavel, which is a vote of the full house of representatives. he now has the work harshly to get his party unified behind him. now, this naturally gives the fringes of the republican party, the far-right freedom caucus, the unofficial maga troll caucus, an extraordinary amount of power. they could make or break mccarthy speakership. they are going to maximize their leverage, and they re going to make him sweat a lot. here s the thing, whether they are doing it explicitly or implicitly, they are within
when the new house congress is sworn in mostly, because anyone else capable of doing the job is, well, smart enough not to want to at this point. as republican congressman dan crenshaw of texas told off post, quote, there s no other alternative. today, the house had to plumnelley secret leadership vote in the republican caucus, and in that, mccarthy seemed to dispatches only real rival, the far-right election denier, andy biggs of arizona. in that preliminary speakership vote, just within the republican caucus, 31 republicans voted against mccarthy. that means he got 188 votes. he would need 218 votes to wield the speakers gavel, which is a vote of the full house of representatives. he now has the work harshly to get his party unified behind him. now, this naturally gives the fringes of the republican party, the far-right freedom caucus, the unofficial maga trump caucus, an extraordinary amount of power. they could make or break mccarthy speakership. they are going to maximize their le