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The Republican leader’s sheer willingness to endure vote after vote against him — even as he offered a slew of concessions — was moving closer to paying off.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s slog to his post ended with a remarkably public show of intraparty strife that played out in a history-making overnight session.
McCarthy told Republicans in a call early Friday that he had made more concessions but hadn’t reached a deal with a contingent of far-right lawmakers. Before the House met ahead of an expected 12th vote, lawmakers, mostly Democrats, marked the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot.
Near collisions abound on Capitol Hill as House members make history in failing to elect a speaker after three days and more than 10 futile votes.
Elon is, yet again, putting his tattered 'genius' credential on the line.