Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen weighs what impact the anti-McCarthy faction and Trump's influence will have on GOP success in the 118th Congress.
Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen dissects the ongoing battle for House speaker after Republicans remain divided in additional voting.anti-Kevin McCarthy Republicans
"If this is the model of the future for the next two years, we're in big trouble on the Republican Party," Thiessen said on""If this is the future of the next two years of the House where everything we try to do is held hostage by a small band of people, then this is going to be the most chaotic and failed House majority in the history of the country."
Thiessen's analysis came after the fourth round of voting, where Donalds acquired 20 votes from Republicans, leaving McCarthy with 201 after Rep.-elect Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., changed her vote to"present." Democratic nominee Rep.-elect Hakeem Jeffries received 212 votes.
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