Barry Weiss

Since your predecessor, John Boehner, was pushed out of the speakership in 2015, then we had Paul Ryan, then we had Kevin McCarthy. It's a lot of drama and a lot of chaos. You look at the other side of the aisle, and Nancy Pelosi was able to run things with an iron fist. What is it about Republicans that make them so ungovernable or hard to harness?

Since your predecessor, John Boehner, was pushed out of the speakership in 2015, then we had Paul Ryan, then we had Kevin McCarthy. It's a lot of drama and a lot of chaos. You look at the other side of the aisle, and Nancy Pelosi was able to run things with an iron fist. What is it about Republicans that make them so ungovernable or hard to harness?

Since your predecessor, John Boehner, was pushed out of the speakership in 2015, then we had Paul Ryan, then we had Kevin McCarthy. It's a lot of drama and a lot of chaos. You look at the other side of the aisle, and Nancy Pelosi was able to run things with an iron fist. What is it about Republicans that make them so ungovernable or hard to harness?

So as someone that's trying to manage a team of disagreeable misfits myself, what advice do you have for me?

So as someone that's trying to manage a team of disagreeable misfits myself, what advice do you have for me?

So as someone that's trying to manage a team of disagreeable misfits myself, what advice do you have for me?

Well, let's talk about some of the others that you're referring to there. You've sort of obliquely referred to some of the show ponies in your party. And it's no secret that certain people, I'm thinking of Chip Roy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Thomas Massey, they are, let's just say, the challenging wing of the party. How do you manage that group?

Well, let's talk about some of the others that you're referring to there. You've sort of obliquely referred to some of the show ponies in your party. And it's no secret that certain people, I'm thinking of Chip Roy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Thomas Massey, they are, let's just say, the challenging wing of the party. How do you manage that group?

Well, let's talk about some of the others that you're referring to there. You've sort of obliquely referred to some of the show ponies in your party. And it's no secret that certain people, I'm thinking of Chip Roy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Thomas Massey, they are, let's just say, the challenging wing of the party. How do you manage that group?

I don't even know how they would identify themselves at this point. But they have brought down other speakers before you, they and similar figures. How do you manage them? And frankly, and if there's a way to characterize that group, what do they want?

I don't even know how they would identify themselves at this point. But they have brought down other speakers before you, they and similar figures. How do you manage them? And frankly, and if there's a way to characterize that group, what do they want?

I don't even know how they would identify themselves at this point. But they have brought down other speakers before you, they and similar figures. How do you manage them? And frankly, and if there's a way to characterize that group, what do they want?

You were elected speaker despite the obstinance of some in the more right-wing wing of your caucus, yet you got Donald Trump's support. Why do you think he supported you?

You were elected speaker despite the obstinance of some in the more right-wing wing of your caucus, yet you got Donald Trump's support. Why do you think he supported you?

You were elected speaker despite the obstinance of some in the more right-wing wing of your caucus, yet you got Donald Trump's support. Why do you think he supported you?

You told The New Yorker that you're the first genuinely pro-Trump Republican congressional leader. What does that say about Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell?

You told The New Yorker that you're the first genuinely pro-Trump Republican congressional leader. What does that say about Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell?

You told The New Yorker that you're the first genuinely pro-Trump Republican congressional leader. What does that say about Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell?

Those new voters that you referenced, and people have paid a lot of attention, especially to the minority vote and minority men that are going for Trump, reaction against Biden and the, I don't even know how to characterize it, the dysfunction of a lot of the past four years or genuine enthusiasm for Trump?

Those new voters that you referenced, and people have paid a lot of attention, especially to the minority vote and minority men that are going for Trump, reaction against Biden and the, I don't even know how to characterize it, the dysfunction of a lot of the past four years or genuine enthusiasm for Trump?