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It only took 15 attempts for McCarthy to get his speakership, first time in over a century it took more than one
That was different. That was the MAGA wing of the GOP. They are extremists and he was a moron to deal with them.
But look how all the Republicans on the Senate under McConnell vote. Also normally Congress too but the maga put a wrench in the normal GOP strategy.