Posted on 01/07/2023 1:17:20 PM PST by USA-FRANCE
>>> Trump posted a video of McCarthy thanking the former president on his social media platform Truth Social, captioning it: “Thank you Kevin. It was my great honor >>>
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As unhappy as many FReepers are with McCarthy (I find his positions from wearing a Ukraine flag pin to supporting the draft of women appalling) the problem for me was, there was no apparent alternative. No one ran against him. I can’t see what to do in this case. The holdouts that got major concessions (hopefully they will be enacted formally Monday!) were admirable in using what leverage they had.
I wanted Scalise. He didn’t run.
Trump’s key role https://t.co/UBcwSIyytf— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) January 7, 2023
I am as happy about this as I was about his endorsement of mail in ballots.
“I wanted Scalise. He didn’t run.”
I kept seeing Scalise being brought up but don’t see the attraction.
Trump supporting McCarthy did two things. It defanged the conservative rebellion against McCarthy, for good or bad. It didn’t have his blessing.
And the fact that a number of hard-core supporters rebelled against McCarthy anyway shows that Trump’s people are not robots.
McCarthy is a politician, in both the good and the bad sense of the word. We have done worse. He isn’t Paul Ryan. He isn’t John Boehner.
TRUMP - THE ART OF THE DEAL !
Tump always wins - if the fight is fair and without cheating from his opponents.
Biden won because of cheating.
Trump should not claim credit for this. Remember when he claimed credit for the COVID MRNA “VAXX”? This may be the same claim to future failure!
They weren't MAGA Leaders if they ignored Trump.
it’s all about winning, and this is one more point for president trump.
Trump should start thinking up a new name for McCarthy now so he can use it before the year is out
Trump and radio host Wayne Allyn Root need to co-author a book and call it, “How Not To Blow Your Own Horn”.
If you checked out the comments on truth, it doesn’t look like winning
Who exactly are you talking about with your statement?
Must be McCarthy because Trump never supported mail in ballots.
Trump is an oppurtunist who takes credit for anything that appears good and runs from any culpability for anything that appears bad.
Please retire and not run in 2024.
Kevin is worse .
This Dem is owned by Silicon Valley .
Kevin is corrupt to the Core.
Silicon millions makes Kevin get a instant 200 votes .
Silicon Valley now runs the Gop .
They demand Amnesty and Half of indian invading .
Kevin will open the Bombay floodgates .
I think Everyone here was satisfied with Gaetz effort to get compromises.
As long as it didn’t drag on for ever...
Three or more days of voting rounds would have backfired one the whole Republican Party. It ended in a favorable timeframe I think.
Gaetz got everything he wanted from McCarthy, it would have been particularly unfair if Gaetz had continued the abstraction anyway...
Trump made Gaetz understand that. Bravo.
McCarthy thinks he, himself was responsible for the slim Republican majority in the House. He’ll take credit for anything he can.
obstruction*
I wanted Scalise. He didn’t run.
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When McCarthy gets “run out” like Gingrich, Hastert, Boehner, Ryan, etc.
Scalise will get the job, after he disappoints, he’ll get ran.....rinse & repeat.
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