GOP Rep: Speaker Chaos Is “Embarrassing, Dangerous”

The Messenger reports:

House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Michael McCaul joined Jonathan Karl on ABC’s This Week and called the chaotic battle to find a new speaker “probably one of the most embarrassing things” he’s seen during his 10 terms in Congress.

“If we don’t have a speaker of the House, we can’t govern,” McCaul said, noting even a resolution he introduced condemning Hamas’ attack on Israel remains in limbo.

“It’s too dangerous right now,” he added. “The world’s on fire. This is so dangerous what we’re doing. And, most importantly, it’s embarrassing because it empowers and emboldens our adversaries.”

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McCaul says Republicans’ inability to select a Speaker is one of the most embarrassing things he’s seen and that it’s emboldening our adversaries pic.twitter.com/VDEQttu6oN

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