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John A. Boehner lasted five years as House speaker before he ran out of patience with his party's hard-line Freedom Caucus.

"Legislative terrorists," the Ohio Republican called its members after he quit in 2015. "They can't tell you what they're for. They can tell you everything they're against. They're anarchists. They want total chaos."

Next came Rep. Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., who lasted three years. "The House is broken," he griped on his way out.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., lasted all of nine months.

"They are not conservatives," he said of the Freedom Caucus after they led the drive to oust him as speaker last week. "They don't get to say they're conservative because they're angry and they're chaotic."

See a pattern?

Ever since the tea party movement of 2010 elected a wave of anti-establishment conservatives, House Republicans have not merely been divided, but downright dysfunctional.

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