Was in after his own party failed to come together on a republican version at the end of the day, keeping government open and paying our troops was the right decision. I stand by that decision. And the end of the day, if i have to lose my job over it, so be it. House democrats were strongly encouraged to vote against mccarthy. The republicans are in the middle of a civil war that is causing chaos, dysfunction and extremism. This is the mess hes created for himself, and he has to figure out how to clean it up and with more than five republicans voting with the other side, the speakership is now open. The real problems of real americans will get ignored for weeks, while dc politician turns play middle school games about terrible personal grudges. Matt gaetz needs to quit being a chaos agent. All proceedings of the house are now on pause until republicans elect a new speaker in washington. Rebecca castor fox news. And just in the last hour at four, Steven Wolper of Saint Marys College in