Playbook: “House Republicans will meet again at 10 a.m. this morning to take another shot at choosing a new speaker after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise abruptly withdrew from the race last night.”
“They will be gathering with mutual trust at a low point, their most experienced leaders sidelined or discredited and no clear path forward.”
Punchbowl News: “Scalise’s blockbuster decision on Thursday night to withdraw his name for consideration as speaker shows once again just how toxic it is inside the House Republican Conference. They’re all but ungovernable. Forget about compromising with Democrats or President Joe Biden. This group of House Republicans won’t even compromise with each other. They’re deeply distrustful of anyone in leadership not named Donald Trump. And they’re unwilling to accept the realities of divided government — or simply governing at all.”
“Yet now the House Republican Conference needs to face this jarring reality: The floor has been shut down for going on two weeks, the federal government runs out of money in a month, our vital ally Israel is involved in an existential war and, due to endless GOP infighting, there is no speaker.”
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