Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
It was nearly 16 days ago when a majority of House members voted to oust then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy. A couple of hours later, the California Republican held a press conference — and blamed Democrats for his downfall. Even at the time, this was a difficult line to take seriously. The push to oust McCarthy was launched by members of his own GOP conference, taking advantage of House rules that McCarthy and his fellow Republicans approved.
So, a few things. First, it wasn’t Democrats who launched the plot to take down McCarthy. It wasn’t Democrats who nominated House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, only to force him to quit a day later. It wasn’t Democrats’ idea to replace Scalise with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, just as it wasn’t Democrats who convinced a growing number of House Republicans to oppose their own party’s nominee.
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