Michael A. Cohen, a columnist for MSNBC and a fellow with the Eurasia Group Foundation, writes the political newsletter Truth and Consequences. He has been a columnist at The Boston Globe, The Guardian and Foreign Policy, and he is the author of three books, the most recent being “Clear and Present Safety: The World Has Never Been Better and Why That Matters to Americans.”
On Tuesday afternoon, House Republicans hit the proverbial iceberg — jettisoning Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the speaker’s office in the Capitol. Over the next few days or even weeks, in trying to find a new leader, they will busy themselves rearranging the deck chairs on their doomed vessel. Because no matter who gets the speaker’s gavel, whether it’s Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep.
And it complicates Republican efforts in North Carolina to further redraw the state’s congressional districts in the party’s favor. So right off the bat, Democrats appear poised to add three or four seats, further narrowing the GOP’s already thin margin. At the state level, the Ohio Supreme Court recently dashed GOP hopes of redrafting the state’s congressional lines, siding with Democrats and preserving the state’s 2022 congressional map.
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