Things are rough in the House Republican caucus.
With a razor-thin 221-214 majority (if we allocate the three current vacancies to the party likely to win each seat), Democrats need to flip just four seats to regain the majority. And Republicans have lost their most prodigious fundraiser. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had raised nearly twice as much as the overall second-best fundraiser, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, by the time McCarthy was ousted from leadership. Their legislative performance has been historically atrocious, with their own members publicly frustrated at the lack of achievements to campaign on.
So you might forgive House Republicans for being flabbergasted that House Speaker Mike Johnson’s recent presentation on keeping the House majority degenerated into little more than a church sermon.
