The New CNN: Watch Commentators Sneer McCarthy Victory

Republican Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) on Saturday The House Following a historic five day battle for the givenl, speakership was established.

While McCarthy negotiated with Republican holdouts to shore up his support, CNN commentators spent the week scoffing at—and even ruling out—the prospect of a McCarthy victory.

“At this point, Kevin McCarthy has lost the speaker’s race,” Former Democratic Congressman Mondaire Jones Wednesday. “This is embarrassment after embarrassment.”

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