![]() ![]() “Stop the steal!” a reporter shouted after them.įour hours later, Kevin McCarthy, a fifty-seven-year-old congressman from Bakersfield, California, emerged with an exaggerated smile. Two more staffers carrying ballot boxes ran past. Dozens of journalists sat on the floor outside, preparing for a long afternoon. ![]() There still wasn’t a clear majority for either party, but it was likely that the Republicans would flip the chamber, and the winner of the voting would become the front-runner for Speaker, second in line for the Presidency. The second will come on January 3rd, on the floor of the House of Representatives. Inside, the House Republican conference was electing its new leaders. On the afternoon of November 15th, a congressional intern in a suit and tie sprinted down a wing of the Capitol carrying a cardboard box with a slit on the top for paper ballots, then disappeared into an auditorium. ![]()
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