House speaker candidates have pulled out of a planned joint interview on Fox News next week just hours after it was announced amid fierce blowback from GOP lawmakers, the latest sign of how simmering tensions within the conference are boiling over as Republicans scramble to find a new leader following Kevin McCarthy’s stunning ouster.
Both of the leading Republican candidates for speaker – Rep. Jim Jordan and Majority Leader Steve Scalise – backtracked from the plan to be interviewed jointly on Fox News with anchor Bret Baier from the Capitol next Monday after it had been announced by the network Friday morning. A third potential speaker candidate also said he would not participate in the forum.
A source familiar with the matter said Jordan and Scalise talked Friday and they agreed it wouldn’t be wise, so the forum is now off.
What would have been the point, though? This is internal House business. The common voter has no say in this.
At best it would have put the GOP clown show on the national stage. I mean, I had the hot air popper warming up for it already, but even little old me knew this “debate” was a disaster in the making.
I’m actually a little deflated.
Eh, at least I have some popcorn.
They realized what you said
Normally they go on TV and whine and blame everyone else (democrats) for their problems. This time their problem is purely other republicans, and it wouldn’t be a good look to their rabid fanbase to go out and just bitch about each other
Gotta keep up the facade they’ve worked so hard on
Get on the right wing channels and demand this debate!!! It would be hilarious.