- As the hard-line conservatives hold out, Gingrich warned that he thinks “the Republican Party right now is in the greatest danger of meltdown than it’s been since 1964.”
- “These guys can’t count straight. They can’t play tic-tac-toe. They can’t accept victory,” Gingrich said. “To undermine [McCarthy] is to undermine conservatism, undermine the Republican Party and, frankly, undermine the country.”
- McCarthy, who needs 218 votes to become Speaker, has been handing down concessions to his detractors in the party.
