Hardly a day went by during 2023 without blaring headlines about House GOP dysfunction. From the chaotic speaker election in January to the gut-wrenching battle over the debt ceiling to the defenestration of McCarthy to the second chaotic speaker election to the battles over the budget to the George Santos odyssey to the Ukraine aid blockade to a potential suicidal Biden impeachment, the House was always in the news, and never in a good way.
And yet, the GOP hasn’t paid a price for it yet. For their success in creating constant, pointless turbulence without throwing America completely over the guardrails, the Four Horsemen of the House GOP–McCarthy, Santos, Matt Gaetz, and Mike Johnson–are my men of the year.