Today has not been a good day for the Republican Party.

It began with a fourth defendant flipping

in the Georgia racketeering case against Donald Trump.

Attorney Jenna Ellis tearfully pleaded guilty in state court.

By this afternoon we got a bombshell new report from ABC News that Trump's former chief of

staff, Mark Meadows, has been granted immunity in special counsel Jacksmith's

federal electionference case.

Mr Meadows has reportedly told Smith's team

that he long believed Trump was being dishonest

about his claims that he won the election,

which is certainly something new.

Now that report has not been confirmed by NBC News and Meadows lawyer is denying it,

so we will have a lot more on that later in this hour. But we start with the absolute

debacle unfolding among Republicans in the House of Representatives, which is

entering its fourth week, fourth week without a Speaker of the House. Right now

Republicans are holding a vote behind closed doors to choose their fourth nominee

for Speaker in less than two weeks.

This morning, after five rounds of voting

behind closed doors, the party nominated

its third speaker candidate, Congressman Tom Emmer. And then just four hours and 10 minutes later, Tom Emmer dropped out of the race.

Why?

Here's a hint.

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