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‘We're wounded:’ Speaker Mike Johnson struggles to lead GOP after ‘unnecessary purging’

‘We're wounded:’ Speaker Mike Johnson struggles to lead GOP after ‘unnecessary purging’

WASHINGTON – House Republicans are divided over what to do about their internal divisions – or even whether anything’s the matter at all.

Welcome to Speaker Mike Johnson’s Capitol.

After a string of recent tactical blunders – from a failed impeachment vote to pulling the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (or FISA) reauthorization measure he put on the floor this week – some Republicans in the House of Representatives are reassessing the successor to deposed Speaker Kevin McCarthy....