An absolute chaos that reigned in the Capitol on Friday night led to clashes between moderates and radical Republicans
It was two minutes past eleven at night—5:00 a.m. in Spain—and Republican Representative Mike Rogers seemed out of shape after three days of absolute blockade in the United States House of Representatives. On the edge of a bench where the rebels of his party were sitting who refused to comply with the discipline, his face turned red, he bent his torso forward and pointed with his left index finger at Matt Gaetz, one of the leaders of this rebellion . It looked like he was going to pounce on him and to prevent them from getting a beating, a comrade in the ranks, Richard Hudson, came from behind, covered his mouth and took him away.
The chaos that reigned in the Lower House on Friday evening was absolute, a spectacle worthy of a fiction film, or more to the taste of the British or even Italian parliament. The pizzas arrived at the offices in red cardboard boxes; new parents without a babysitter voted with their children in their arms, and others spent hours reading novels and even self-help essays like “The Art of Not Caring About Anything.”
By one vote, just one vote, Republican nominee Kevin McCarthy had failed in his fourteenth attempt to seize the presidency of the House of Representatives, and it seemed that all his concessions and humiliations had ended in resounding failure. Their lords, exhausted, with nothing to do despite the fact that from now on they would not even receive their salary, seemed resigned to stopping on Monday and going on.
At one point, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who until recently had been the populist muse and moderator for the past few weeks, was walking around with a phone she offered to the insurgents. Through the peephole of the long-range cameras, the photojournalists captured the screen: it was a call from DT, the pivotal figure, Donald Trump. It seemed that the former president, the spiritual leader of the rebel stronghold, was finally taking action after limiting himself the day before to sending statements asking for unity with a small mouth.
Trump’s calls had immediate effect. Rebel leader Gaetz stood, walked over to McCarthy, the candidate he vowed to destroy, and grabbed his arm with a look that seemed conciliatory. republican relief. “Another!” shouted the parliamentary faction from the couch, like someone asking the DJ for one last song when closing the premises. The last rebels abstained. McCarthy won by 216 votes, the minimum required to reach the presidency of the chamber. Within minutes he received the symbolic gavel and after three days of blockade, the 118th judicial course in United States history began.
McCarthy addressed the nation at an ungodly hour with a speech his team had prepared for him. At the departure after one o’clock at night above the large office, next to the room, was the new wooden sign, recently inscribed: “Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House” already. Now it remains to be seen how long it will last, given the fact that one of his great surrenders was the ability to submit almost permanently to a vote of confidence.
Source: La Verdad
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