Rep. Chip Roy lashed out at fellow Republican Newt Gingrich Wednesday morning for labeling Mr. Roy and 19 other House GOPers “blackmailers” for refusing to support Rep. Kevin McCarthy for speaker.
During an interview on radio’s WMAL’s “Morning on the Mall, Mr. Roy, Texas Republican, told hosts Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock that Mr. Gingrich, who was House speaker from 1995 to 1999, doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
On @wmaldc‘s “O’Connor and Company” radio program this morning, the House Speaker debate got heated. Former Speaker @newtgingrich says the opponents to McCarthy are “blackmailing the country” and @RepChipRoy clapped back https://t.