Posted on 04/22/2022 3:18:31 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
According to the Washington Post, Trump and McCarthy spoke Thursday evening after the audio was leaked.
Trump is reportedly not upset with McCarthy and was “happy that McCarthy hadn’t followed through on what he had said privately.”
WaPo reported (emphasis ours):
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) hold on his status as the presumptive next GOP speaker was already tenuous. And on Thursday it seemed like it could slip further.
But how much?
For now, McCarthy appears to have avoided blowback from the top of the party. Many Republicans seem to be waiting for a cue from Trump about how to respond, though some have weighed in to defend or criticize McCarthy.
And The Post reports he spoke with Trump after the audio of the call was released, and Trump was not upset — indeed, he was even happy that McCarthy hadn’t followed through on what he had said privately.
Trump has been more accommodating of McCarthy than McConnell. They soon patched things up after McCarthy publicly blamed Trump for not quelling the Jan. 6 riot and even floated a historic censure resolution against Trump. McCarthy has also been more solicitous of Trump than McConnell has. And that could matter for the fate of his career.
Recent history is instructive when it comes to those with whom Trump is willing to reconcile.
On the one hand, Trump has been willing to overlook past criticisms — even harsh ones — provided the lawmaker in question proceeds to display the requisite obsequiousness. Trump recently endorsed Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance despite Vance having sharply criticized him in 2016 as unfit to be president.
And indeed, part of the reason Trump was reportedly not upset Thursday night was that McCarthy’s retreat showed the strength of Trump’s grip on the party.
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Let’s count the controlled opposition pols...
Apparently Trump or McCarthy has a mole nearby leaking this information.
Who wasn’t a mole in the Trump cabinet, Ben Carson and maybe Ryan Zinke? Anyone else?
Honestly, if Trump is able to take someone who wronged him and move past it, that’s actually kind of cool.
AFAIC, Milquetoast McCarthy and the Turtle both need to go. Period. Doesn’t matter to me that Legit Pres. Trump isn’t upset with McCarthy, he’s a milquetoast RINO who needs to go.
Issue isn’t Trump’s forgiveness, it’s McC’s ability to hurt the MAGA movement now and In the future… Ryan’s ButtBoy got to go!
Trusting McCarthy isn’t cool, it’s foolish.
Kind of like trusting Dr. Oz.
If we keep re-electing Assistant Democrats, they will keep assisting the Democrats.
lol@ you guys...Washington Post reporters spoon feed you this garbage, and you all just lap it up.....smh...
Sounds like him. Remember who he hired as his first UN ambassador.
McCarthy may have told Trump about these conversations already.
He’s not trusting McCarthy. He’s recognizing that McCarthy said something nasty on the spur of the moment that he didn’t mean, and with which (most importantly) he did not follow through.
Yes but who in Trump’s or McCarthy’s circle is spoon feeding the WaPo journalists?
Not true because McCarthy out out a statement denying the accusations yesterday before the audio was released last night.
This entire narrative is a FAKE NEWS distraction.
Where’s Hunter? Sussman? Inflation, gas prices, crime, border invasion, Afghanistan, culture wars, etc.
Brandon and his parasite media are trying to change the subject.
who cares...you really think anybody cares about this stuff??..the media is trying to divide the party before a terrible mid - term election, and from what i see here, they are getting the results they want....
Anything to get rid of McConnell he’s nothing but a back stabber and a good old boy club member money whore.
“Honestly, if Trump is able to take someone who wronged him and move past it, that’s actually kind of cool.”
Trump has always had a soft spot for RINOs. It’s his achilles heel.
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They will stab him in the back again.
Lindsey, McConnell, McCarthy, Scott, and Grassley are waiting to sabotage him again.
Nikki Haley - it’s all so predictable.
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