The Texas Tribune Article RatingU.S. Rep. Chip Roy takes aim at party leadership over midterms ahead ...
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| "Roy and others, including U.S. Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, and Bob Good, R-Virginia, have also pushed for a greater voice for the Republican conference's right wing and a change in the conference rules that give leadership substantial influence over the rank and file." | Positive | 46% Conservative |
| "Roy and others, including U.S. Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, and Bob Good, R-Virginia, have also pushed for a greater voice for the Republican conference's right wing and a change in the conference rules that give leadership substantial influence over the rank and file." | Positive | 46% Conservative |
| "Roy and others, including U.S. Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, and Bob Good, R-Virginia, have also pushed for a greater voice for the Republican conference's right wing and a change in the conference rules that give leadership substantial influence over the rank and file." | Positive | 46% Conservative |
| "Wesley Hunt, an incoming member of the Texas delegation from Houston who aligns himself with many of the Freedom Caucus' values, said McCarthy's ascent to the speakership is essentially a fait accompli." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "Wesley Hunt, an incoming member of the Texas delegation from Houston who aligns himself with many of the Freedom Caucus' values, said McCarthy's ascent to the speakership is essentially a fait accompli." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "U.S. Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Victoria, seconded the nomination." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "The Freedom Caucus succeeded in derailing McCarthy's leadership bid in 2015, but his allies have continued to express confidence in his path to the speaker's gavel this round." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, aounced his plans to run against McCarthy on Tuesday, tweeting: I look forward to serving our great nation and steering our country in a better direction after the disastrous midterms." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, aounced his plans to run against McCarthy on Tuesday, tweeting: I look forward to serving our great nation and steering our country in a better direction after the disastrous midterms." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "The motion was seconded by fellow Texas congressman Michael Cloud." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "During the House Republican conference meeting Tuesday to pick its leadership for the next Congress, U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, nominated Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, as an alternative candidate for speaker in a direct challenge to McCarthy, according to a source familiar with the secret ballot voting process." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "During the House Republican conference meeting Tuesday to pick its leadership for the next Congress, U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, nominated Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, as an alternative candidate for speaker in a direct challenge to McCarthy, according to a source familiar with the secret ballot voting process." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "During the House Republican conference meeting Tuesday to pick its leadership for the next Congress, U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, nominated Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, as an alternative candidate for speaker in a direct challenge to McCarthy, according to a source familiar with the secret ballot voting process." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "But McCarthy has his defenders in the Texas delegation as well." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Roy acknowledged in his Fox News interview that McCarthy will likely get a majority in the Republican conference vote Tuesday, but he noted the entire chamber, including Democrats, will have the final vote on who will be the leader in January." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Roy acknowledged in his Fox News interview that McCarthy will likely get a majority in the Republican conference vote Tuesday, but he noted the entire chamber, including Democrats, will have the final vote on who will be the leader in January." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Roy nominated U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs for speaker, over House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Roy nominated U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs for speaker, over House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "McCarthy, R-California, has long been in line to ascend to the speakership should Republicans take control, with the party approaching the 218-seat threshold Tuesday afternoon." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Among Texas Republicans, Roy has so far expressed the most explicit discontent with current leadership, and other members are keeping their cards close." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "There's no one in Washington that currently has 218 votes in Washington, Roy told the network." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Roy called for delaying leadership elections until Republicans knew how big their majority in the House would be." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "In the private sector, if you don't perform the way you should, usually there's some sort of change, Roy said Monday on Fox News." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "While the party was expecting to capitalize on low approval ratings for President Joe Biden and sweep up seats, Republicans are set to only eke out a razor-thin majority, losing a handful of highly competitive races." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "McCarthy's Texas allies aren't all long-serving members hoping to maintain the status quo." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, made a similar appeal to delay Senate Republican leadership elections, which are scheduled for Wednesday." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Two Texas Republicans are at the forefront of a right-wing rebellion against House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's bid for House speaker." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "It looks like we're goa have a very thin margin in the House, and these are the kinds of the types of battles that we shouldn't be fighting, Hunt said." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Unlike the January speaker vote, Tuesday's conference vote will be held by secret ballot behind closed doors, where we're going to go have a nice debate about the future of the party, Roy told reporters." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "But a handful of vocal conservatives, including Roy have criticized the GOP leader as a feckless choice, prompting others within the delegation to rally around the Californian's defense." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Roy, who failed in his own bid for the No. 3 GOP leadership spot in 2021, is among a number of conservative Republicans who criticized the party's House leadership after an underwhelming midterm election." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul of Austin, who will be the fifth-most-senior Texas Republican in the new Congress, tweeted that Leader McCarthy has led us to the majority and is the only one who can unify the party to hold the Biden administration accountable for its failures at home and abroad." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul of Austin, who will be the fifth-most-senior Texas Republican in the new Congress, tweeted that Leader McCarthy has led us to the majority and is the only one who can unify the party to hold the Biden administration accountable for its failures at home and abroad." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul of Austin, who will be the fifth-most-senior Texas Republican in the new Congress, tweeted that Leader McCarthy has led us to the majority and is the only one who can unify the party to hold the Biden administration accountable for its failures at home and abroad." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Our leadership has not demonstrated the willingness to use all the tools at our disposal to check a radical White House and fight for the people suffering from its policies, Roy wrote in a scathing op-ed for the Washington Examiner, though he did not mention McCarthy by name." | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "Our leadership has not demonstrated the willingness to use all the tools at our disposal to check a radical White House and fight for the people suffering from its policies, Roy wrote in a scathing op-ed for the Washington Examiner, though he did not mention McCarthy by name." | Negative | -52% Liberal |
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