It's getting ugly in the House.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., left, and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., second from left, talk with others as Republicans try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in …Republicans are fried and frazzled over a weekslong battle over the speaker’s gavel and are now resorting to screaming matches and threats to collaborate with Democrats.
One Republican holdout, Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, said he’s losing the lease on his district office because the landlord is angry he wouldn’t back Mr. Jordan, who has tried and failed to win the speaker’s gavel in three House floor votes this week.House Republicans spend much of their time together locked in a room in the basement of the Capitol, where they debate what to do next.
Much of the anger in the conference is aimed at the eight hardline conservatives, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, who voted along with all Democrats to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Oct. 3. “They are the reason we are here,” Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania Republican, said as he headed into yet another basement meeting Friday. “We are going to try to clean up the mess that they caused.”
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