Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) finally won the speaker’s gavel following a week of painstaking negotiations in which the public watched the GOP at war with itself on the floor of the House chamber during the course of more than a dozen inconclusive votes.
Now Republicans are attempting to bury the hatchet and defending the process as an example of democracy in action. But the disarray could foreshadow how the majority navigates contentious, must-pass legislation looming in the coming months.Several lawmakers are attempting to make amends after tensions boiled over throughout the week. Rep.
.@RepMattGaetz and I have a long and productive working relationship, that I am sure will continue. I regret that I briefly lost my temper on the House Floor Friday evening and appreciate Matt’s kind understanding. https://t.co/8GmbJHO3cKOver the weekend, other Republicans defended the brinkmanship it took to elect a House speaker, with the House taking 15 rounds of votes to do so, the most since the years before the Civil War.
“A little temporary conflict is necessary in this town,” Roy said on CNN’s State of the Union. “When you saw some of the interactions there between Mike Rogers and Matt Gaetz, some of that is — we need a little of that. We need a little of this sort of breaking the glass in order to get to the table."
“I’m not convinced we can go an entire Congress without having it, but I believe if that is used, the overwhelming majority — when I say overwhelming majority, I mean 218-plus Republicans — recognize that Kevin McCarthy needs a chance to govern, and we are going to give him a chance,” Comer said to host Chuck Todd. “I’m not going to say there won’t be one person who tries to abuse that motion.”
“I mean, I don’t want to see us every two months be in lockdown,” Gonzales said in an interview with Fox News on Monday morning, referring to the rule regarding the motion to vacate.
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