Gingrich said McCarthy was fine. Jordan (current head of Freedom Caucus) said Ryan was fine.
Tom McClintock said McCarthy was fine. McClintock’s conservative credentials are unmatched.
The right wing of the right wing, sometimes runs off the track. If your blinders are pulled on too tight, you may not see this.
These people should consider consolidating the Freedom Caucus, the Liberty Caucus, the Tea Party Caucus and see if they can increase the numeric clout available to them.
“Tom McClintock said McCarthy was fine. McClintock’s conservative credentials are unmatched.”
Tom is the real deal, as you point out. When we managed to get Gray Davis recalled as California Governor, Tom McClintock was available and willing to run for the office. And he did.
But some deep pocketed California GOP establishment players, calling themselves “The New Majority”, didn’t want Tom McClintock. Nooo, they wanted someone better— Arnold Schwarzenegger. And one of those telling us that we needed to get into line and support Arnold over Tom McClintock was none other than Hugh Hewitt.