With President Donald Trump’s deal with Democrats last week casting some aspersions on Trump’s trust of his should-be Republican comrades, the development has opened another rift within the GOP Conference over whether the president or speaker is to blame, Politico reports.

Some House conservatives who had insisted on spending cuts instead of a debt ceiling hike tied with Harvey relief fund have begun questioning Paul Ryan’s leadership after Republicans were forced to swallow a vote to increase the debt ceiling without corresponding spending cuts.

The Freedom Caucus leaders, whom are already upset that Congress wasted months on the failed bid to repeal Obamacare, told Ryan last Wednesday he needed to change his approach and were also of the opinion that he should have done more to sell Trump on a conservative alternative to the Democrats’ offer.

The Caucus leader, Jim Jordan said, “When you fail to prepare, you typically don’t get the best outcome and you don’t have the best choices at decision-making time — and that’s exactly what played out. We’ve been very clear that we should have put together a debt ceiling plan.”

But the aggrieved parties seems to be on the minority as many lawmakers rallied behind the speaker and instead channeled their anger at the White House over the debt deal.

“There’s a lot of disappointment in the decision that the president made, and the way our leadership was treated — that’s a sore spot,” said Rep. Hal Rogers.
Rep. Ryan Costello added, “The leadership is doing the best that they possibly can in a very unpredictable environment. … We’re one-third of the government.”

Though, Ryan is currently the support of most Republicans who asserts that the speaker’s hold on his post is plausive, it however remains unclear how long he can maintain his grip with Trump in the saddle as GOP’s right flank which sparked the resignation of former Speaker John Boehner in 2015 is starting to agitate against Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Meanwhile, Freedom Caucus chairman, Mark Meadows while denying a speculated report by Washington post that the Caucus is plotting a conspiracy against the Speaker, said, “If you think that you can do a better job, man up and put your name on the ballot and say that you’re running and challenge the speaker rather than just being an agitator. I get so tired of these guys that play Monday-morning quarterback with Paul.”