Speakership Fight Makes House GOP Look ‘Messy,’ Scares Donors, Conservative Commentator Warns

(L–R) Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), and Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) hold a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 27, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump’s endorsement in the House speaker contest presents an opportunity that House Republicans need to take to set aside intraparty conflict and move forward as a team after weeks of contentious debate, conservative political commentator Angie Wong says.

“What we need right now is to make sure that the Republican Party does not look so fractured. We just went through a week where the Republican Party threw out their own leader, and we’re seeing our other Republican leader Donald Trump on trial every other day. So, we look messy,” Ms. Wong told NTD News’ “Capitol Report” on Oct. 6.