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California Conservatives, Stung By Old Battle, Wary Of McCarthy As Unifier
The Daily Caller ^ | 10/1/15 | Kerry Picket

Posted on 10/03/2015 3:52:03 AM PDT by paltz

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is currently the leading candidate to become the next speaker of the House — but some Republicans in his home state of California are concerned that the congressman could be more of a divider than a unifier.

Those critics point to McCarthy’s curious 2010 intervention in the affairs of two youth Republican groups in the state, when the lawmaker dove in to block the merger of the California Young Republicans and the Young Republican Federation of California.

That merger was supposed to be the conclusion of a longtime standoff between the two groups.

Up until 1993, California had only one state Young Republican organization. According to one source, a credentialing dispute during elections of officers led to the organization splitting into two separate groups that year.

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1 posted on 10/03/2015 3:52:03 AM PDT by paltz
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To: paltz

No McBoehner!


2 posted on 10/03/2015 4:08:59 AM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: paltz

Unfortunately it will be McCarthy because there is no unity behind anyone else.


3 posted on 10/03/2015 4:15:53 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: paltz

McCarthy is a clown...the guys IQ must be around 40 or so.


4 posted on 10/03/2015 4:27:01 AM PDT by rrrod (Jhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3343827/reply?c=1ust an old guy with a gun in his pocket.)
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To: paltz

I have a feeling in ma bones that if he becomes the Speaker he will get Boehnered.


5 posted on 10/03/2015 6:00:30 AM PDT by Slyfox (Will no one rid us of this meddlesome president?)
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