NEW: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert joined hard-right Republican House lawmakers in withholding support for GOP leader Kevin McCarthy becoming the next speaker, plunging opening day of the 118th Congress into political paralysis.
Colorado’s sprawling 3rd Congressional District in November, posted a video Tuesday morning on Twitter in which she claimed that McCarthy, of California, jettisoned a deal that had been put on the table the day before by a conservative faction of House Republicans to garner their support for his ascension to speaker.
“I have been working every day to unify the Republican Party for the American people and yesterday we had a deal that was not a selfish deal in any way for Kevin McCarthy to get him the gavel on the first ballot and he eagerly dismissed us,” Boebert told reporters Tuesday. “And now here we are — being sworn at instead of being sworn in.”
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