After a humiliating day in which Republicans failed to get the votes to pass multiple items of their own agenda in the House, many lawmakers were left openly wishing they had leadership as competent as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had been, CNN reported on Wednesday.
Republicans teed up a vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, as well as one that as meant to pass a standalone $17.6 foreign aid package to Israel — and failed on both of these votes.
"In the House, the pair of stunning floor defeats was so painful that it even had many Republicans heaping rare praise on former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats for their vote counting skills, and pining after disgraced former GOP Rep. George Santos, who was expelled, but at least cushioned their majority," reported Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer, and Manu Raju.
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One Freedom Caucus member, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), said, “As bad as Pelosi was, she knew her votes before they took place.”
"The meltdown – just the latest in a long string of chaotic moments under this GOP majority – is raising fresh concerns over how Republicans will navigate the fast approaching government funding deadline, and their ability to maintain control of the House after November," the report continued.
This comes after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who spearheaded the move last year to force former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) out of the speakership, reflected that he wished McCarthy had stayed in Congress to at least give his vote on these issues.
