Posted on 02/17/2022 2:33:58 PM PST by cotton1706
House Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made history on Thursday by endorsing Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary opponent to represent Wyoming, attorney Harriet Hageman.
“After spending time with Harriet, it is readily apparent she will always listen and prioritize the needs of her local communities and is focused on tackling our nation’s biggest problems,” McCarthy told The Federalist. “I look forward to serving with Harriet for years to come.”
The endorsement from the party’s top lawmaker in the lower chamber comes after a long string of Cheney attacks on her colleagues and even her own constituents, resulting in numerous censures and demotions. She was stripped of her No. 3 role in House leadership last May in an overwhelming vote. Months later, she was censured by her own state party, which voted to no longer recognize its sole House member as a Republican. The RNC formally censured Cheney earlier this month and called on Republicans to abandon the incumbent lawmaker.
Cheney’s alienation from Republican voters is so stark that even The New York Times noticed, writing, she “hasn’t appeared at a state Republican Party function in more than two years and hasn’t been to an in-person event for any of the party’s 23 county chapters since 2020.”
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Meanwhile, the GOP leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, supports Liz Cheney's reelection and was VERY upset at the RNC censure.
What’s to stop a local Bakersfield truck driver to step up and challenge him? This only helps. No skin off his a$$.
I wonder if anyone, including Kevin McCarthy, thinks his endorsement matters. How many WY voters will that sway? On balance, will it help or hurt? Probably neither. I would say that it’s a good sign, but he’s going to do whatever is politically expedient. He lives with a pollster, after all.
I don’t trust either of them.
CHENEY MUST GO!
She’s a total embarrassment and her statements get nuttier every week
What kind of leader aligns himself with a sr member who goes so far out of her way to show contempt for the base?
McCarthy is just faking it. He is worried he won’t be voted in as speaker so he is attempting to appear to be on board with MAGA, but he is a classic bait and switch aka, Ryan and Boehner. Once in as speaker, he will punish MAGA, consolidate power and then do nothing, ever, for us until the Rats take over again, well what he will do is assist Rats.
McCarthy trying to redeem himself. You’re still a Rino asshole Kevin.
The same Kevin McCarthy who just called Jan. 6. a “violent insurrection.” What’s wrong with this picture?
I give it three minutes before the big salary offer from the
Spew.
Mitch might become Speaker this year, but he’s a relic. It’s just a matter of time before he retires.
BINGO!
I’m not talking about his age, but his thinking.
This guy?
Kevin McCarthy has conceded that January 6th was a ‘violent insurrection,’ saying he agreed with Mitch McConnell’s description of that day
“I wonder if anyone, including Kevin McCarthy, thinks his endorsement matters.”
He’s running for house speaker in 2022. Pretending not to be Never-Trump.
The “I’m pretending to be something other than what I am” season is ON, for congress critters.
All this means is that polls in McCarthy’s district are running pro-trump.
Yes, he is clearly watching the polls with the help of his roommate in DC, Frank Luntz.
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