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Kevin McCarthy Vows to Support Trump, Says He's Open to Serving in a Trump Cabinet 'in the Right Position'
Red State ^ | 12/09/2023 | Mike Miller

Posted on 12/09/2023 7:25:15 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Kevin, don't hold your breath. 

So, remember back in October (and also in a NY Times interview more recently), when former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said, to a crowd in Oxford, UK. ...

... "When you look at the Democrats, they actually look like America. When I look at my party, we look like the most restrictive country club in America."? 

Me, too, and it was identity politics at its worst — from a Republican, no less.

Kevin McCarthy: “When you look at the Democrats, they actually look like America. When I look at my party, we look like the most restrictive country club in America.” pic.twitter.com/RTUHGrmEkd— TheBlaze (@theblaze) December 8, 2023

McCarthy's ill-advised admission even prompted an easy layup response from Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison: "Even a broken, good-for-nothing clock is right twice a day." Sadly true. 

Welp, McCarthy's back. With more — let's just call it "interesting" — commentary. 

The ousted Speaker, who recently announced he plans to resign his congressional seat at the end of the year, told "CBS News Sunday Morning" in an episode that will air this Sunday that he not only believes Donald Trump — who all but "ordered" McCarthy's removal from the Speakership — will be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, but also that the former president can count on his full support.

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When asked by CBS' chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa if he would accept a cabinet position in a second Trump administration, McCarthy said "yes," with a caveat.

In the right position.

Groveling? 

So let's think this through. McCarthy abruptly resigned from Congress — effective on January 1, 2024 —basically due to what amounted to a snit over being unceremoniously kicked to the curb. 

Now, the ex-Speaker not only publicly declares he'll support Trump — the guy who wanted him out — if he's the nominee, but then, he also tosses his hat in the ring for a cabinet position if, a: Trump is the nominee and goes on the win the election, and, b: Trump offers him a position. Why would he say that? (We'll get there.)

Groveling or not, this is a perfect example of the stuff I loathe about politics.

The Bottom Line

Here's the thing(s). Barring an unforeseen turn of events — which is not uncommon in politics, by the way — Donald Trump is going to be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. Love it, hate it, or somewhere in between, it's going to happen.

If so, the chances of Trump offering a cabinet position to Kevin McCarthy, given the former president's very public, multitudinous beatdowns of the former Speaker, are somewhere between nil and zero. In my not-so-humble opinion, of course. Moreover, McCarthy is at least as aware of it as most of the rest of us are. 

So, why would McCarthy put himself out there like that? Why would he say he'd serve in a Trump cabinet, likely knowing full well that such a position would never be offered? 

Wait — maybe I just answered my own question.



TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: cabinet; california; kevinmccarthy; lol; saynotorinos; trump; whats2ndprize
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To: roving

Will he fit in a cabinet?


21 posted on 12/09/2023 8:27:40 PM PST by bboise
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To: SeekAndFind
Here's a good position for you, Kevin.


22 posted on 12/09/2023 8:29:57 PM PST by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Two takeaways: McCarthy is nothing but a power hungry opportunist and he's clearly reading the tea leaves as "Trump is getting the nomination, its inevitable" and he wants to align himself with the winner early so he gets brownie points.

And second: if Trump hires this guy in any capacity it will show me that he's learned nothing from all of his bad appointments in his first term.

23 posted on 12/09/2023 8:38:25 PM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: SeekAndFind

He can be the "Speaker of the Outhouse", outside our embassy in Iceland.


      

24 posted on 12/09/2023 8:42:23 PM PST by Songcraft ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

McCarthy has the support of major GOP donors in California. The right cabinet position in a Trump administration would be one that serves the interests of those donors.


25 posted on 12/09/2023 8:49:53 PM PST by Rockingham (`)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Make him the Ambassador to Zimbabwe.”
You are the generous one.


26 posted on 12/09/2023 8:51:03 PM PST by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Kevin McCarthy Vows to Support Trump, Says He’s Open to Serving in a Trump Cabinet ‘in the Right Position’”

Secretary of Dog Catching?


27 posted on 12/09/2023 8:55:56 PM PST by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: SeekAndFind

Another Paul Ryan? No TY


28 posted on 12/09/2023 8:59:34 PM PST by Singermom
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To: mass55th
He can clean the dirty tampon container in the ladies room.

As a result of the Biden regime, he'll have to clean the one in the men's room also

29 posted on 12/09/2023 9:09:17 PM PST by TheCipher ( RINO politicians in DC are the only reptiles in the world with no backbone)
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McCarthy abruptly resigned from Congress in what amounted
to a snit over his being DESERVEDLY kicked to the curb.

Now, the thought of being out of power is so distasteful, he’s willing to grovel to get a job.......
publicly declares he’ll “support Trump “...... a man he despises and who despises him.


30 posted on 12/09/2023 9:11:40 PM PST by Liz (Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it. Sidney Sheldon)
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To: SeekAndFind
\/ R includes you kev.
31 posted on 12/09/2023 9:20:38 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Vet, John Adams Descendant , deal with it.)
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To: TheCipher
As a result of the Biden regime, he'll have to clean the one in the men's room also

True dat!

32 posted on 12/09/2023 9:21:12 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: SeekAndFind

he really means “a left position”....like pence did. say right, turn left.


33 posted on 12/09/2023 9:23:45 PM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: Captainpaintball

“NO.
But then again, The Stable Genius™ would probably do it, too.“

McCarthy is out. Out of the speakership and out of Congress. Zero leverage no power

Trump is a shoe in for President 2024

People have their own time lines

They keep underestimating him.


34 posted on 12/09/2023 9:55:02 PM PST by stanne
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To: gibsonguy

Oh, Kevin will survive. He’s very likely already got a ‘consultant’ job for the MSM lined up just in time for the 2024 campaign season.


35 posted on 12/09/2023 9:57:58 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: SeekAndFind
Make him Secretary of Transportation.

It will be a thankless job following Pete Buttigieg, he can only go up from his predecessor, and he's from California. Maybe that would help when dealing with the Los Angeles ports.

-PJ

36 posted on 12/09/2023 9:59:11 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Gaffer
He’s very likely already got a ‘consultant’ job for the MSM lined up just in time for the 2024 campaign season.

Nah. He'll work as a consultant for Lockheed Martin.

37 posted on 12/09/2023 10:01:22 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: SeekAndFind

Shoe shine.


38 posted on 12/09/2023 10:04:57 PM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh, that too! But I think his ego and resentment about being thrown out of the Speakership will basically force him into getting back at the GOP....


39 posted on 12/09/2023 10:11:16 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: SeekAndFind

now he has more time for the thing he loves the most

combing frank luntz’s hair


40 posted on 12/09/2023 10:43:24 PM PST by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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