News Analysis
The failure to attain a majority sufficient to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) as speaker of the new GOP-led House of Representatives, even on the eleventh attempt, and on the heels of three days of negotiations, reflects a failure of leadership within the party riven by the same pro-Trump and anti-Trump schism that led to disappointing midterm results last November, experts on both sides of the aisle have told The Epoch Times.
McCarthy continues to be a deeply unpopular figure among some members of the party despite making at least two concessions, namely agreeing to an expanded presence of members of the conservative Freedom Caucus on the House Rules Committee; and agreeing to place on the table a change to the rules governing the protocol for voting on the removal of a House speaker, to grant even a sole member of the House the power to call for a vote on the ousting of the speaker….