Inside the Congressional Shitstorm That (Maybe) Ruined the GOP

On this week’s Inside the Hive, Joe Hagan and Emily Jane Fox are joined by their Hive colleague and Capitol Hill all-star Abigail Tracy, who was in the halls of Congress last week as the House Speaker debacle played out in real time. She gives a window into the chaos—and the consequences for both parties—as well as what it could mean for the 2024 races.

In total messiness, and with the thorough mortification of Kevin McCarthy, the inane Republican infighting played out over several days in the nation’s capital, but there may be some silver linings. As Tracy details on this week’s episode, the next Speaker’s nightmare showed how the cracks within the Republican Party are an opportunity for Democrats to step away from the difficult role of opposition party. 

Tracy, who had been on Capitol Hill to follow the swearing in of Maxwell Frost, Congress’s first Gen Z member, takes listeners inside the atmosphere of the room, and what it was like for Frost, a member of the TikTok generation, to get out-viraled by boomers and Gen X’ers. The conversation wraps up with a discussion of how these shenanigans might benefit a Joe Biden run in 2024.