After Steve Scalise dropped out, Republicans only have Jim Jordan running for speaker at the moment, but they have threatened moderate Republicans who may consider working with Democrats to elect a speaker.
Another troubling cognitive sign for Donald Trump is that the former president thinks that the current president is Barack Obama.
Some House Republicans are starting to publicly say that they might not be able to elect a Speaker of the House on their own and may need the help of Democrats.
After Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) was indicted for acting as a foreign agent of Egypt while he was the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) called for his expulsion.
House Foreign Affairs Chair Michael McCaul said that he sees a lot of threats in the world, but one of the biggest is in his own House Republican caucus.
While Democrats aren’t formally engaged in trying to flip any Republican speaker votes yet, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) powerfully argued for why five of them should vote for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries for speaker.
In contrast to the chaos among House Republicans, House Democrats renominated Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in less than 10 minutes.
Trump melted down and criticized Netanyahu because the Israeli leader praised President Biden.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is well known for his bluntness and humor to followers of politics, but he leaped into mainstream pop culture America with his appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
