Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., blasted his fellow Republican colleague in the House this week, saying Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is more interested in his “brand” than in America.

On Friday at noon, the House will vote to select a speaker, yet Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., is missing just enough votes from within the GOP to disrupt his bid to maintain his speakership. Among them is Roy who has been making the media rounds saying that he and other Republican holdouts are still undecided. President-elect Donald Trump has put his support behind Johnson.

“I remain undecided, as do a number of my colleagues, because we saw so many of the failures last year that we are concerned about that might limit or inhibit our ability to advance the president’s agenda,” Roy said in an interview.

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