Why Kevin McCarthy is struggling to get Republicans in line.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy is facing pushback from conservative hard-liners in his bid to become the next House speaker.
But it’s also not clear that Republicans have another viable option. To reinforce that point, McCarthy’s allies have begun distributing buttons saying “O.K.” — as in “Only Kevin.”Annie Karni, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times, has been tracking the race closely.
But it also might not mean that much. For context, all this turmoil is in line with how this phase of the process has played out in the past, for lawmakers who eventually won the speakership. Paul Ryan lost 43 votes in the secret ballot phase in 2015. Nancy Pelosi, in 2018, lost 32 votes. They both eventually emerged victorious and became speaker.former Speaker Newt Gingrich wrote this weekA: This is what makes it extra tough for McCarthy.
to ask them to support McCarthy. What were you able to learn about the arguments he had been making, and how that was resonating?
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