McCarthy's skills couldn't stop humiliating, historic defeat
The ousted speaker had relied on his skills of working with factions and placating the GOP’s radical flank. But 'his strengths ended up undoing him.'
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The ousted speaker had relied on his skills of working with factions and placating the GOP’s radical flank. But 'his strengths ended up undoing him.'
When the House of Representatives voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker on Tuesday, it was the first such removal in American history, a vivid rebuke of his leadership and an escalation of the civil strife within the Republican Party.
By voting to expel Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, Republicans ground the work of Congress to a halt and revealed the danger of governing by chaos.
As Kevin McCarthy battled this week to keep the job he would eventually lose, one very powerful ally did not come to his rescue: Donald Trump.
Time is running out for Congress to prevent a government shutdown, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., tries to defuse the demands of ultraconservatives in the House who are demanding aggressive spe...