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Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezjoined The Daily Show guest host Desus Nice on Monday to shed some light on the GOP infighting following their ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
“Republicans kicked out their speaker, and now they can’t find a new guy to run their group project,” the New York congresswoman quipped. “And they’re all fighting with each other about it.”
In terms of how it affects the U.S. on a wider scale, Ocasio-Cortezsaid, “We’ve got a clock ticking on a government shutdown,” adding, “That’s when we start seeing TSA and airports get affected. That’s when people could potentially miss their checks.”
While underscoring the impact of the speaker, she also noted: “We need to make sure that we don’t have people like Jim Jordan, or extremists, because whoever takes over the house could potentially put our democracy in danger when it comes to certifying, or re-certifying, an election.”
Prior to the removal of McCarthy as speaker, Ocasio-Cortezsaid she would support Rep. Matt Gaetz’sefforts to removeMcCarthyfrom his leadership position. “It’s not up to Democrats to save Republicans from themselves,” the congresswoman said whenJake Tapperasked if she would vote to keep McCarthy as speaker. “He clearly has lost control of his caucus,” she continued. “He brought the United States and millions of Americansto the brink, waiting until the final hour to keep the government open and even then only issuing a 45-day extension, so we’re going to be right back in this place in November.”
When Nice asked Ocasio-Cortez on Monday evening who she would be voting for this time around, she replied, “I’ll be casting my vote for Hakeem Jeffries.”
Earlier this month, the Democratic Minority Leader said that “informal conversations” are taking place that could lead to a “bipartisan governing coalition” to elect a House speaker. “My Republican colleagues have a simple choice. They can either double or triple down on the chaos, dysfunction, and extremism,” Jeffries said. “Or, let’s have a real conversation about changing the rules of the House so it can work in the best interests of the American people.”
