HOW Kevin McCarthy LOST CONTROL OVER the House of Representatives

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/podcasts/the-daily/gop-mccarthy-house.html

 

 Earlier this month, a group of hard-right Republicans hijacked the floor of the House of Representatives in protest against Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The mutiny, staged by nearly a dozen members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, raised questions about whether the speaker could continue to govern his slim and fractious majority.

 

Annie Karni, a congressional correspondent for The Times, explains how and why this small group of members made the chamber ungovernable.

 

On today’s episode

 

Annie Karni, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.