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Former Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as he greets U.S. veterans in the Capitol Rotunda on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

McCarthy: MTG was just the beginning

Alex Galbraith
Congressman Jerry Nadler (Rob Kim/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Democrats have an age problem

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Vice chair Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, left, conduct a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Johnson walks a tightrope in speaker bid

Griffin Eckstein
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Democrats get back into the fight

Amanda Marcotte
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US Vice President and Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at West Allis Central High School during her first campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 23, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP fears "DEI" attack will backfire

Charles R. Davis
President Joe Biden greets comedian Colin Jost during the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner at the Washington Hilton, in Washington, DC, on April 27, 2024. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden stole WH correspondents’ dinner

Nandika Chatterjee
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (L) (R-LA) leaves a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 16, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Mike Johnson may be ousted over Ukraine

Nandika Chatterjee
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speak at a news conference on Republican lawmakers' response to the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Gaetz opposes MTG motion to oust speaker

Igor Derysh
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) looks on towards other members of Congress doing television interviews at the U.S. Capitol on January 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

"Gaetz Eight" facing retaliation: report

Gabriella Ferrigine
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) confers with U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) during a news conference in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol November 7, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

GOP worries they have nothing to run on

Gabriella Ferrigine
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) gives remarks ahead of a Capitol Menorah lighting ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Building on December 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Speaker ouster may be "suicide for GOP"

Gabriella Ferrigine
Former Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as he greets U.S. veterans in the Capitol Rotunda on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

GOP Losers of 2023: Kevin McCarthy

Amanda Marcotte
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Former Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) listens during a press conference with members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party at the Cannon House Office Building on November 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

McCarthy quits, shrinks GOP majority

Tatyana Tandanpolie
US President Donald Trump (2L) walks next to US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after a meeting at the US Capitol with the House Republican Conference in Washington, DC on June 19, 2018. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

McCarthy Mar-a-Lago humiliation revealed

Igor Derysh
Kevin McCarthy and Mike Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The death of a "small government' GOP

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a climate event at the White House complex November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Can Biden give us hope in dark times?

Brian Karem
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Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a post-Conference meeting press conference at the U.S. Capitol on November 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

MAGA rages at speaker averting shutdown

Gabriella Ferrigine
Former U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) leaves a House Republican conference meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on October 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Republican chases McCarthy over "elbow"

Tatyana Tandanpolie
U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) watches as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) delivers remarks after Johnson was elected as the new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on October 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The end of Mike Johnson's MAGA honeymoon

Heather Digby Parton
U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (R) talks to Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL) in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House GOP asks Jesus to take the wheel

Gabriella Ferrigine
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Kevin McCarthy (L) (R-CA) speaks with Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) following passage in the House of a 45-day continuing resolution on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

McCarthy endorses Tom Emmer for speaker

Kelly McClure
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) arrives at his office in the Rayburn House Office Building on October 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP meeting explodes over Jordan failure

Tatyana Tandanpolie
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) listens to nomination speeches for Speaker of the House as the House of Representatives prepares to vote on a new Speaker at the U.S. Capitol Building on October 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

GOP tries to blame Dems for Jordan loss

Gabriella Ferrigine
Representative Newt Gingrich Shrugging, October 02, 1990 (Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Jim Jordan, Newt Gingrich and history

Heather Digby Parton
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