WSJ Board: “Dimwitted” Republicans Are In “Disarray”

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board:

If a Martian arrived in Washington this week not knowing who had won the November election, he’d be forgiven for thinking it was the Democrats. Usually the losers are in disarray, but not this time. Democrats in the House minority have completed a seamless transition to new House leadership with little internal dissent. But Republicans, who ostensibly won the majority, can’t even find the votes to elect a GOP speaker, much less agree on budget strategy or much of anything else.

What’s bizarre is that the dissenters don’t have major policy differences with Mr. McCarthy or a plausible alternative candidate for Speaker. Mr. Biggs has no chance. He and his rump group also don’t seem to have any constructive reason to oppose Mr. McCarthy beyond a desire to grab the media spotlight or blow everything up. Too many House Republicans are too dimwitted to understand the uses of power and how to wield it. They’d rather rage against the machine to no useful effect.

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Republicans won the House majority, but they can’t even find the votes to elect a GOP Speaker, much less agree on budget strategy or much of anything else.https://t.co/6LsKYiqPys

— Wall Street Journal Opinion (@WSJopinion) December 17, 2022