Posted on 01/04/2023 8:17:43 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump endorsed Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker early Wednesday, after a day of waffling by the former president — and a day of chaos on the House floor — kept the new GOP majority without an official leader.
“Some really good conversations took place last night,” Trump posted to Truth Social (with caps for emphasis), “and it’s now time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE FOR KEVIN, CLOSE THE DEAL, TAKE THE VICTORY, & WATCH CRAZY NANCY PELOSI FLY BACK HOME TO A VERY BROKEN CALIFORNIA.”
Emphasis in the original, because Trump.
McCarthy, a rare California Republican, failed to secure enough support from members of his own party in three separate votes. It’s been more than a century since a would-be Speaker has struggled this hard, but 19 Republicans remain determined to get their way — or risk turning over the Speaker’s gavel to Nancy Pelosi’s protégé, Hakeem Jeffries.
“A group of five conservatives led by [Arizona Republican Andy] Biggs and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.),” PJ Media’s Matt Margolis wrote last night, “have publicly stated that they will not support McCarthy under any circumstances and have called on him to stand down to make room for a more viable candidate.”
So here’s the trillion-dollar question: Will even Trump’s endorsement be sufficient to move Biggs’ and Gaetz’s MAGAmeter far enough to vote for McCarthy?
“Kevin McCarthy will do a good job, and maybe even a GREAT JOB – JUST WATCH!” Trump wrote in his endorsement. But Gaetz himself said Tuesday that “If you want to drain the swamp, you cannot put the biggest alligator in charge of the exercise.”
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That’s the last straw for me on Trump.
Trump is better on policy than on personnel.
Stay out of it Trump.
That’s the truth.
Me too.
Since when is just "good" a goal for the GOP? So they want to get on the "Great moderates of the House" plaque?
SMDH! Ill advised and taking the advice again.........
RE: That’s the last straw for me on Trump.
Two questions come to mind:
1) Wh do you realistically expect to be the Speaker of the House with just 19 holdovers? Do you want this process to drag on?
2) So, this is the last straw for you on Trump, what if he wins the 2024 primary again?
The FBI thanks you.
So if Trump is the Republican presidential candidate who will you vote for?
I wonder how much the democrats had to pay to buy five republican congressmen. Newly elected ones that we really don’t know much about...
“So, this is the last straw for you on Trump, what if he wins the 2024 primary again?”
I will support DeSantis in the primary, but if Trump wins he gets my vote.
If Trump hand picked his garbage man, his garbage man would rifle through the trash and give everything to CNN. That’s how terrible Trump is at character judgment!
I love President Trump but he is a terrible judge of people and it arguably ruined his chances to do 75% of the things he wanted to get done. Take that into consideration when you see this endorsement.
He might’ve inhaled too much swamp gas. Happens to the best of em.
This is a bit disturbing. Much of Trump’s appeal comes from his being a strong, brash outsider. Yet he continues to pick weak insiders. This does not bode well for what he might do in 2024.
“Trump is better on policy than on personnel.”
You ain’t kidding!
Not only has he picked a lot of losers, but also a bunch of backstabbers in his administration.
Thank God for DeSantis.
Absolutely. Big, big Trump supporter here, but I can clearly see that Trump has now been co-opted by the political establishment. He is being used now. He knows that he has absolutely no chance of winning our rigged elections but is still going to run? Why?
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