They probably are. They just don't follow him lock-step, and like the majority of Trump supporters, don't agree with him on McCarthy as a choice for speaker. As far as I know Trump still hasn't explained in detail why he supports McCarthy. And I'd like to know what kind of deal was struck between Trump and McCarthy to get his backing. We haven't been told that either.
My new Congressman, Republican Brandon Williams says he is behind McCarthy all the way. I think his decision is based on the fact that he got money from McCarthy for his House run, and gives McCarthy credit for the House majority. He said: “He orchestrated our victory, however narrow, and deserves to be speaker.” Now we all know that's a bunch of hooey. If McCarthy was so effective, why was the majority so slim? It's also been reported that McCarthy gave money to anti-Trump people. Take back the House, which McCarthy is associated with gave money to Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. "Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.), John Katko (N.Y.), Peter Meijer (Mich.), David Valadao (Calif.) and Fred Upton (Mich.) during the first six months of 2021, according to the latest Federal Election Commission filings. Each lawmaker received roughly $100,000.
I tried calling Williams' office today, but his Washington office went to voicemail, and the mailbox was full. There were no contact numbers for his other two offices listed on his government page. That could be because he hasn't even been sworn in yet...but I will be calling him back.
The majority was slim because of the last-minute efforts of the Dems on the abortion issue and on college loans.
What you wrote is interesting.
We can’t know the whole story with so many deals being made without public knowledge. All we can know is that it is no doubt more complicated than we think.