Then please explain to me how an obscure “endorsement” back in mid December of last year “swayed a handful of Rep votes” AFTER the first couple of voting rounds on Tuesday.
Either way you rational makes no sense aside from being inaccurate.
Trump PUBLICLY endorsing McCarthy AFTER the GOP narrowly took Congress, AND calling members of Congress to lobby them for McCarthy (clearly stated in the December news articles) made the headlines and was hotly debated on FR at the time. I guess you were AWOL during those threads, feel free to go back and read 'em. It's not like only a few people noticed. Maybe YOU missed it, but the rest of us didn't.
Sorry you didn't notice it at the time, but I have no doubt it swayed a handful of Congressman who backed Biggs for House Republican Leader to switch their allegiances to McCarthy. That probably explains why 33 Republicans opposed McCarthy for House Republican Leader, but only 20 did so when the FIRST vote for Speaker came up.
The only one who was proven to be inaccurate is you. You insisted Trump didn't endorse McCarthy for Speaker until "this morning", when in fact he's been backing McCarthy for Speaker since after the Republicans won control of Congress in November.
I find it bizarre why you feel the need to dig your heels in AFTER being PROVEN wrong.
>> “swayed a handful of Rep votes” AFTER the first couple of voting rounds on Tuesday. <<
What the heck are you talking about? The number of Republicans who supported McCarthy during the first ballot for Speaker was 203. The number by the sixth ballot was 201. The numbers who are for/against him during the whole Speaker election hasn't budged much the last few days, aside from 1 or 2 congressman changing their vote to "present"
The numbers were swayed between the vote House Republican Leader months ago, and the vote for Speaker in Jan. Again, that was BECAUSE Trump ENDORSED McCarthy for Speaker IN NOVEMBER. 33 Republicans opposed McCarthy for Republican Leader. ONLY 20 opposed him for Speaker.
Not sure why you've having a hard time understanding this concept.