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The Washington Roundtable: The removal of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was a first in the history of the United States Congress. His tenure was so brief and attenuated that the staff writer Jane Mayer refers to him as \u201ckind of the Scaramucci of Speakers.\u201d This week\u2019s chaos\u2014and McCarthy\u2019s humiliation\u2014was instigated by Representative Matt Gaetz, of Florida. Gaetz, who comes from a family of politicians, joined the House in 2017 with an anti-establishment mentality. \u201cHe is sort of a TV monger with a pompadour, but he also has real aspirations,\u201d the staff writer Susan B. Glasser notes. But now Republicans in Congress are struggling to elect a new Speaker. Donald Trump has apparently been floated as a contender. Can the Party escape the \u201cdoom loop\u201d of constantly toppling its leadership? The staff writer Evan Osnos joins Mayer and Glasser to weigh in.

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