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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Ed Morrissey: Ransom Will Haunt GOP
Description: There’s a difference between negotiating and hostage-taking. That difference is good faith, a quality found in short supply in this week’s feud in the House Republican conference. Some 19 members of the Freedom Caucus blocked Kevin McCarthy’s bid for House Speaker on the first ballot. McCarthy had tried to negotiate with the dissenters despite winning the leadership election weeks earlier, offering a series of concessions. Despite McCarthy’s attempts to come to a compromise, the dissenters finally declared that no deal could be made that would allow them to support McCarthy. Senator Joe Manchin...