'Plot people would laugh at': Analyst slams GOP for letting 'radical extremists' to leave them 'stuck'
Ex-United States Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) predicts the number of House Republicans who voted against Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) Wednesday will increase later this week as the congressman aims to secure the speakership for the third time Thursday, October 19.
The former senator spoke with MSNBC's Chris Hayes during Wednesday's episode of All In with Chris Hayes, suggesting the Republicans speakership fight won't end anytime soon.
"Claire, you've seen a lot in politics, but I — in my political career, have truly never seen anything like this," Hayes said. It really does — they do seem stuck. Am I misreading? what do you think?"
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McCaskill replied, "Oh no, they are stuck. And by the way, this is a plot people would laugh at if it was pitched to somebody in Hollywood. I mean, let's take a wide lens here. We're talking about a handful of extremists throwing a speaker out over the objection of 90% of the Republican party. Then they gather and vote secretly to nominate a new speaker. That guy gets one vote and then the radical extremists say, 'I'm sorry, you don't get any more votes, we're done, you're out. We're gonna put our radical extremist in there.' And by the way, it's a radical extremist who doesn't play well with others, Chris. And they all know this. He's never passed a bill in 16 years. Can you imagine? Being in Congress 16 years and never managing to get a bill across the finish line? Because he just likes to blow stuff up. And then he recruits a cable news star on their network — Sean Hannity — to be his whip, and whip votes, and go after the holdouts with hammer and tongs. And that, clearly, I mean, I don't know where they found their backbones, but they're clearly 20 odd Republicans who have found a backbone today, and I have a feeling that number will be bigger tomorrow."
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