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More than 30 Republicans supported Andy Biggs’ failed speaker bid – here’s how strange that makes them
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More than 30 Republicans supported Andy Biggs’ failed speaker bid – here’s how strange that makes them
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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was easily elected Speaker today in a 188-31 romp over Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ).
But lost in the main story was one that’s perhaps just as significant: A large chunk of Republicans cast their secret ballots for one of the weirdest-of-the-weird members of the House Freedom Caucus.
Biggs has compiled an extremist resume that few can match, even as it has flown under the radar relative to the likes of Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert. Biggs takes a back seat to no one in the clown car of wingnut world.
The fact that he got any votes for House Speaker – much less almost 15 percent of them – is a statement, however unsurprising, that certifies the freakishness of the Republicans’ right flank. Biggs, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, is off the grid.
Here are some of Biggs’ credits:
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