The ‘Never Kevin’ Chaos Is Tearing Fox News Apart

The seemingly never-ending fight for the House speakership has exposed a glaring rift within the Republican Party, with a group of hard-right holdouts refusing to budge when it comes to electing Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.

While McCarthy continues to negotiate and offer up every concession he can think of to try to sway this MAGA faction to finally give him the speaker’s gavel, the ultraconservative members have declared themselves “Never Kevin” while watching McCarthy squirm through 11 (and counting) unsuccessful votes.

Throughout this ordeal, the majority of Fox News hosts and commentators have clearly thrown in with the establishment wing of the GOP (and former President Donald Trump) and urged the far-right contingent to do what’s best for the party and stand down. Yet, at the same time, the conservative cable giant’s loudest and most influential voice has increasingly backed the anti-McCarthy crowd while taking swings at his own colleagues.

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