One source close to House GOP leadership tells Axios: “Scuttlebutt is that Paul will have to step down from speakership soon. Members won’t follow a lame duck, he’ll have no leverage to cut deals, and the last thing they need in this environment is 6 months of palace intrigue and everyone stabbing everyone else in the back.”
Said another senior GOP House member: “He will be gone by the end of July.”
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