Huckabee to Newsmax: House GOP Needs to 'Circle the Wagons'

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told Newsmax Wednesday that Republicans need to 'circle the wagons' and get on with the process of electing a new House speaker after the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from the position two weeks ago. 'This has gone on way too...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told Newsmax Wednesday that Republicans need to “circle the wagons” and get on with the process of electing a new House speaker after the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from the position two weeks ago.

Huckabee said that the 20 Republican holdouts that are opposed to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, serving as speaker are risking the ability of the GOP to govern in the House. Acknowledging that “people get their feelings hurt” and that heated exchanges cause “an extraordinary level of angst,” Huckabee said that congressional lawmakers need to recognize the reason they were sent to Washington, D.C., in the first place.

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