From WSJopinion: At this point, the Republican rebels can no longer plausibly claim they are fighting for “the people.” This is their own power play, writes KimStrassel.
House Republicans spent their first week in the majority fighting each other rather than electing a Speaker. Images: AP/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyDonald Trump’s Wednesday statement on the GOP House chaos included some useful advice, overlooked amid the news that he supports Kevin McCarthy as speaker. “Take the victory,” Mr. Trump advised the Republican rebels, and he’s right. The anti-McCarthy crowd risks blowing up whatever good they’ve accomplished.
Process arguments can be boring—up to the point that they become necessary. Some of the participants in this week’s drama are in it for the showboating; Matt Gaetz wilts without a regular infusion of attention. But for the bulk of the 21 holdouts to Mr. McCarthy’s bid, the fight revolves around the most prosaic of process questions: how to fix a broken House.
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