Experts: Speaker Vote Was Healthy Deliberation, Not the Media’s ‘Chaos, Confusion’

Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives kneel in prayer prior to a 12th round of voting for a new Speaker of the House on the fourth day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., Jan. 6, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Cherry

News Analysis

Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) 15-ballot route to becoming speaker of the House of Representatives wasn’t the “chaos and confusion” that’s been claimed by Democrats and the mainstream media, but rather the deliberative debate intended by the authors of the Constitution, according to a wide spectrum of legislative experts.