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Party leaders said their members would join an effort to table any attempt to remove the Republican speaker after he allowed House passage of military aid to Ukraine.
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Some Republicans who backed the aid encountered little resistance from voters, who were far more willing to embrace it — and less interested in ousting the speaker over it — than their right-wing colleagues.
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 Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyIf you want to understand why Donald Trump could win in 2024, look no further than Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, former Attorney General Bill Barr, and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu. These three top Republican voices who previously condemned Trump now say they plan to vote for him again this November.
Let's start with McConnell, who on Sunday (re)asserted that he would be voting for Trump for president. McConnell's reason? "Because the voters of my party across the country have made a decision. As the Republican leader of the Senate, obviously, I'm gonna support the nominee of our party."
Keep in mind, following Trump's second impeachment trial in 2021, McConnell said that "Trump's actions preceding the [Capitol] riot were a disgraceful dereliction of duty," and that "There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day."
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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