Fox News host calls it “refreshing” to watch Republicans squabble over Speaker of the House Ingraham: “It’s democracy in action” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 01/04/23 10:20 PM EST Video file Citation From the January 4, 2022, edition of Fox News' The Ingraham Angle LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): Six votes later, Republicans who are supposedly the majority party in the House still couldn't reach the requisite 218 votes needed to elect a Speaker. But I was thinking about this today: What looks chaotic and kind of seems counterproductive to many -- It's actually in its own way refreshing because it's democracy in action.