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Former GOP aide on Speaker vote: ‘Self-serving’ Republicans would make ‘mockery’ of Congress

Por: The Hill Politics January 02, 2023

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A former Republican aide to two past GOP House Speakers said in an op-ed published Monday that a “self-serving” move by a small group of Republicans to potentially deny House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) the Speakership would make a “mockery” of the institution of Congress.  Brendan Buck, a communications consultant who previously worked for former Speakers John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), said in that the... + full article



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