These are the battle lines for the House GOP's chaotic future

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Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan (left) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise are the two leading candidates for speaker.

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Donald Trump serving as House speaker would be chaos for the legislature and misery for the embattled former president

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Former President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington DC, United States on February 04, 2020.

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Mitch McConnell says House Republicans should get rid of the motion to vacate because it 'makes the Speaker's job impossible'

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell advised House Republicans on Wednesday to remove the rule that allowed Kevin McCarthy to be ousted from his role.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell advised House Republicans on Wednesday to remove the rule that allowed Kevin McCarthy to be ousted from his role.

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Lindsey Graham jokes that he's too sane to try to replace Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House

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Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

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DeSantis pins McCarthy's fall from grace on Trump, saying the congressman was a bad choice for speaker to begin with

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Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks next to the California state flag at the California GOP convention on September 29, 2023 in Anaheim, California.

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The GOP's new interim House speaker kicked Nancy Pelosi out of her hideaway office so he could use it himself

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Rep. Patrick McHenry, left, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, right, in a composite image.
Rep. Patrick McHenry, left, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, right, in a composite image.

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Kevin McCarthy's CBS interview, where he blamed Democrats for the near-government shutdown, tanked any hope of them saving his speakership

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy speaks at the US Capitol after he was ousted as Speaker of the House on October 3, 2023.

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Republicans have temporarily played themselves out of the presidential line of succession after McCarthy's historic ouster

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The Speaker of the House's chair sits empty
The Speaker of the House's chair was empty in January during the multiple rounds of voting.

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House votes to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, throwing the chamber back into chaos

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy presiding over the chamber on May 11, 2023.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy presiding over the chamber on May 11, 2023.

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