Speaker Mike Johnson’s weakened position inside the House GOP conference has sparked delicate internal discussions about who could potentially replace him if he can’t hang on to the job – whether it’s in this Congress or the next one, according to interviews with over a dozen Republican lawmakers and aides.
The old guard are running for the hills (and still supporting the extremists). They handed it all over the second they bought into any part of The Big Lie or the Jan 6 excuses. The GOP dead. It’s the GQP now.
That said, they’re only “extremist” in that they can’t be bothered to not say horrible things while pursuing horrible policies. The old guard did the latter but smiled more.