“This is an utter, unmitigated disaster. Chaos tends to bring about chaos until it no longer brings about chaos,” Rove said. “We’re a long way from the point at which chaos stops bringing around more chaos.”
He said McCarthy made key concessions on two points to his opponents ahead of the first Speaker vote on Tuesday, agreeing to allow a motion to oust the speaker with support from five GOP conference members and create a committee on the “Weaponization of the Federal Government.” But he said the opponents changed their terms after McCarthy agreed.
Rove said they wanted Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), one of those opposed to McCarthy, to become the chair of that committee and for Perry to be able to choose who the committee members are, which could exceed a Speaker’s authority.
“And what was interesting was after McCarthy had conceded on their two big issues, they came up with a whole bunch of other demands,” he said.
[This whole revolt has been an exercise in bad faith. Concessions are basically useless. — Ed]
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