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There is always something going on at the Capitol, seat of the American Congress (Senate and House of Representatives). Less dramatic this time than the quasi-coup of two years ago. But revealing of an always electric climate. The Republicans, the majority in the House, failed on Tuesday, January 3, to elect their candidate Kevin McCarthy, yet a big favorite, as “speaker” (president). This is the first time in … a hundred years that such a scenario has occurred, forcing the majority to internal negotiations to find a compromise before a new vote on Wednesday. In question, the unexpected revolt of about twenty elected extremists, more Trumpists than Donald Trump himself, these deniers who persist in denying the victory of Joe Biden.