A Republican-led House of Representatives 'is going to be chaos,' Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday on ABC News' 'This Week.'
, as he may have to rely on the the party's far-right to get the 218 votes he needs for the position.for speaker, though he was challenged by Rep. Andy Biggs and did not get the votes he'll later need on the House floor.on the House Intelligence Committee and other Democratic representatives from their committee assignments if he becomes speaker.
"[McCarthy] is a very weak leader of his conference, meaning that he will adhere to the wishes of the lowest common denominator, and if that lowest common denominator wants to remove people from committees, that's what they'll do," he added. "It's going to be chaos with a Republican leadership. And sadly, the kind of crazy caucus has grown among the Republicans. Many of the Republicans who have won primaries in deeply red districts are coming to Congress, like the Marjorie Taylor Greenes and the [Rep. Paul Gosar ]s."
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