The Red Wave: How Republicans Squeaked Over the Line to Pick a Republican Speaker

The former president is the far out front runner for his party's presidential nomination. Republicans have been cleaning up on big political winning issues, just in the current news cycle. Democrats won contested special elections in swing states like New Hampshire and Pennsylvania last week. They won big mayors races away from the Republicans in previously reliably red places like Jacksonville, Florida and Colorado Springs, Colorado. This comes hot on the heels of Arkansas deciding to get rid of desegregation orders for their schools.