CNN Shock Admission: Republicans Have Easy Path for 2022

KING: "Right. And so do you have the inside Washington versus back in your district? In America, this is going to be important in the midterm elections; the Republicans think they have a pretty easy path to the majority. History would say that's true, except they have members like this and the Democrats are going to say, put them in power. This is what you get. Put them in power, you're putting Trump back in power. This is from your excellent reporting today. Defenders of McCarthy also point out that his ability to deal with unwieldy members is limited, especially when it comes to Greene, who already had our committee assignments taken away by Democrats earlier this year. What leverage does he have? What tools does he have, said one GOP lawmaker? He talks to them a lot. He does what he can. He sits them down and makes clear what his expectations are. But there's only so much he can do. There's only so much you can do if your goal is make sure those people still vote for us. If your goal is this is about power more than anything else, he could try to expel them. He could take it further, adopt a two or three strikes rule. And if you keep crossing him, do more about it, but he won't."