The House GOP is meeting to pick their nominee to succeed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as House speaker.
Mr. McCarthy was ousted on Oct. 3 through a motion to vacate that was filed by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and voted on by eight Republicans and all Democrats.
Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
