Rep. Dan Crenshaw called Republicans against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker 'enemies' who are aiding Democrats in a fiery interview with CNN on Tuesday.
, R-Texas, vented about GOP"enemies" against Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House in a fiery interview on Tuesday.
"This handful of members is very clearly looking for notoriety over principle," Crenshaw said."That's what it is, and anyone who suggests differently is in some sort of make-believe, fantasy reality." "It makes us look foolish. If I didn't know any better, it's like the Democrats paid these people off," Crenshaw said.McCarthy failed to get enough votes in the first round on Tuesday afternoon, as too many Republicans defected for Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., or other choices to deny him he 218 he needed.in the Republican conference on what was supposed to be a triumphant day as they took back the majority after four years in the wilderness.
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