45 GOP House members pen letter rebuking ‘chaos caucus’ that toppled McCarthy

EXCLUSIVE — A group of more than 40 concerned House Republicans penned a letter to their colleagues condemning the eight Republicans who joined Democrats to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Tuesday and are calling for “fundamental changes” to the conference structure.
The 45 members who signed the letter, which was obtained by the Washington Examiner, said they are “ashamed and embarrassed” by what happened to the motion to vacate being used and that they “refuse” to allow those eight members who “abandoned and undermined” the Republican Conference to “dictate” the selection of the next speaker or policy outcomes for the remainder of the congress.
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The letter is signed by the likes of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX). It is also signed by McCarthy allies such as Reps. Garret Graves (R- …