The failure to elect a speaker represents a significant embarrassment for the Republican Party and the entire House of Representatives.

“what is happening now is certainly partially about Kevin in his personal deficiencies because this is not just he's struggling again 2018 it is that he is engaging himself in a historic embarrassment for Kevin McCarthy for the country for the house the Republican party it's an absolute”

Republicans who are blocking Kevin McCarthy from the speakership are acting as legislative terrorists.

“and Kevin McCarthy if he becomes speaker he is weak and feckless and can't deliver if someone else becomes speaker he or she is probably in the same boat and again like John Boehner called this legislative terrorism and I think that's what Joe Biden and the Democrats should expect going forward”

He believes Kevin McCarthy failed to build a functional coalition and ultimately alienated Democrats by catering to the party's hard right.

“he never did that because he stuck his thumb in the eye of every Democrat in order to crawl up the butts of all the magga Republicans”

The Republicans seeking to block Kevin McCarthy's speakership are motivated by a desire for attention rather than policy goals.

“they don't have an ideological agenda they don't have a policy agenda they just like to embarrass the people they can embarrass which in this case are you know what they consider establishment Republicans like McCarthy and his goons”

She believes Jim Jordan cannot be trusted with the Constitution and should not be speaker.

“Jim Jordan can't be trusted with the constitution in my opinion and if he is elected speaker you know yes maybe he can his voice will resonate with the more extreme conservatives but he's not going to be representative of the mass in Congress which is you know the people who represent America”

She argues that the Republican failure to elect a speaker is a structural issue resulting from the party's broader anti-institutional stance rather than just a personnel problem.

“I don't think it's a personal a personality or a Personnel problem that the Republicans have I think the problem that they have is that there's no good job in government in a party that doesn't want government”

The House of Representatives needs a rule change to ensure bipartisan bills receive up-or-down votes.

“Our view is that any Arrangement should be anchored in the fundamental principle that when there are bills that have substantial Democratic support and substantial Republican support they should be brought to the floor for an up or down vote”