After the United States voted to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy, U.S. President Joe Biden stated that Washington needs to change the "toxic" political atmosphere. Zhao Hai, director of international political studies of National Institute for Global Strategy, said that if the U.S. cannot come up with the right candidates for speakership, then the U.S. will be in big trouble for the lack of legislation. Regarding the upcoming U.S. presidential election, Joseph Gregory Mahoney, professor of politics in East China Normal University, said that Biden would rather have some normalcy in the Congress so that he can continue to move along and blame others.