democratic upsets in the midterm cycle, probably the biggest upset the cycle, full stop, came in a washington state third congressional district, southwest part of the state. against all odds, marie gluesenkamp perez defeated republican joe can. this was a seat that supposed to stay in republican hands after being held by a republican for more than a decade. it was held by six term congresswoman, jaime herrera butler. you may remember, she gained national attention last year as one of just ten house republicans who voted to impeach donald trump for inciting the insurrection on january six. congresswoman herrera butler also revealed details of the phone call on the six between house republican leader kevin mccarthy and donald trump. that was the infamous chilling call when trump told mccarthy that members of the mob were ransacking the capital, and endemic pence and members of congress, quote, more upset about the election than you are. of course, donald trump is furious with jamie herr
crenshaw of texas told off post, quote, there s no other alternative. today, the house had to plumnelley secret leadership vote in the republican caucus, and in that, mccarthy seemed to dispatches only real rival, the far-right election denier, andy biggs of arizona. in that preliminary speakership for, just within the republican caucus, 31 republicans voted against mccarthy. that means he got 180 votes. he would need 218 to wield the speakers gavel, which is a vote of the full house of representatives. he now has the work harshly to get his party unified behind him. now, this naturally gives the fringes of the republican party, the far-right freedom caucus, the unofficial maga troll caucus, an extraordinary amount of power. they could make or break mccarthy speakership. they are going to maximize their leverage, and they re going to make him sweat a lot. here s the thing, whether they are doing it explicitly or implicitly, they are within
also revealed details of the phone call on the six between house republican leader kevin mccarthy and donald trump. that was the infamous chilling call when trump told mccarthy that members of the mob were ransacking the capital, and endemic pence and members of congress, quote, more upset about the election than you are. of course, donald trump is furious with jamie herrera beutler after the. what did he do? he backed her primary challenger, joe canned, the 42-year-old former greenbrae. to be clear here, joe kent is extreme, even for a maga republican. he has ties to white nationalists, including this man, who called adolf hitler, a quote, complicated historical figure, which meant people misunderstand. campaign paid a member of the proud boys consulting fees.
beutler after the. what did he do? he backed her primary challenger, joe canned, the 42-year-old former greenbrae. to be clear here, joe kent is extreme, even for a maga republican. he has ties to white nationalists, including this man, who called adolf hitler, a quote, complicated historical figure, which meant people misunderstand. campaign paid a member of the proud boys consulting fees. the former chairman of the washington state republican party called can t, and i quote, the free case of the maga freaks. but the woman who defeated can, marie gluesenkamp press, was just about as normal as it gets for a lack of a better descriptor. working class business owner, who has never held office before. i am not your typical candidate for congress. my name is marie gluesenkamp perez. my husband been and i own a auto repair shop. i am running for boys and girls who have a little christened or the fingernails, for those struggling running small
when the new house congress is sworn in mostly, because anyone else capable of doing the job is, well, smart enough not to want to at this point. as republican congressman dan crenshaw of texas told off post, quote, there s no other alternative. today, the house had to plumnelley secret leadership vote in the republican caucus, and in that, mccarthy seemed to dispatches only real rival, the far-right election denier, andy biggs of arizona. in that preliminary speakership vote, just within the republican caucus, 31 republicans voted against mccarthy. that means he got 188 votes. he would need 218 votes to wield the speakers gavel, which is a vote of the full house of representatives. he now has the work harshly to get his party unified behind him. now, this naturally gives the fringes of the republican party, the far-right freedom caucus, the unofficial maga trump caucus, an extraordinary amount of power. they could make or break mccarthy speakership. they are going to maximize their le