Reality Sets in for the House GOP … And Every Urge Is Unleashed

Rep. Elise Stefanik, last seen igniting her political career during her run for governor of New York, has declared war on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Why exactly, I’m not entirely sure, other than she just doesn’t like him. That triggered this delightfully mean-spirited, but not inept, response from what appears to have been one of Johnson’s top deputies.

Mr Johnson also declined to comment. But a senior Republican congressman, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of prolonging an intraparty feud, said that after Mr. Johnson provided Ms. Stefanik with office space and a budget for what the aide described as “a fake job and a fake title,” he would have expected her to be more gracious.