I think if you speak to Republicans in Congress and out of Congress, privately, there's a lot more concern about the leverage that these Freedom Caucus representatives have shown here, and the price that Kevin McCarthy had to pay to win the Speakership.
Axelrod discusses concerns among Republicans regarding the influence of the Freedom Caucus on McCarthy's Speakership.
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