Late-night hosts discuss another day of chaos in the speaker-less House of Representatives
Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Putting Republicans in charge of the House has been like putting woodchucks in charge of your lawn.’Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Putting Republicans in charge of the House has been like putting woodchucks in charge of your lawn.’Jimmy Kimmelto elect a new speaker. “They’ve been in power for two days, and so far putting Republicans in charge of the House has been like putting woodchucks in charge of your lawn,” he joked.
McCarthy, a longtime Trump supporter, has been “caucus-blocked” by the Freedom Caucus, a group of far-right Republicans who view him as not far-right enough. Nevertheless, McCarthy already moved his stuff into the speaker’s office before the failed vote, “which is like showing up for a Tinder date with a toothbrush”, Kimmel said.“The last time something like this happened was 100 years ago,” Kimmel explained. “And I’ll tell you something – Joe Biden solved it then, and he can solve it again now.
And the drama could continue – Bob Good, an opponent of McCarthy’s, said it’s worth taking “a few days or a few weeks” to register their dissatisfaction with the presumed speaker.
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