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Sources: Donald Trump Was Instrumental in Kevin McCarthy's Victory
PJ Media ^ | 01/07/2023 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 01/07/2023 3:00:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

Trump did and still does a lot of things right, but his hiring/supporting escapades stink.

21 posted on 01/07/2023 3:36:38 PM PST by Songcraft
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Congratulations to Trump and McCarthy for the huge win. Can’t stop winning!


22 posted on 01/07/2023 3:45:08 PM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Candor7

There’s more to this than meets the eye. McCarthy won, but not before giving a number of significant concessions. Will he ultimately honor them? We’ll see. How might things have played out if Trump had backed another candidate like, say, a Jim Jordan? or simply stayed out of it? Hard to say, but you can make a reasonable argument that the outcome would not have been any better, and might have been worse.


23 posted on 01/07/2023 3:52:47 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: roving
Hosts gay parties, made a record number of bad picks and now pushes for a WEF member to be house speaker. I’m done
Why did Ron DeSantis appoint a WEF person to his administration to counter climate change?

From DeSantis' office:

24 posted on 01/07/2023 3:59:06 PM PST by lewislynn (Trump accomplished more in one term than any other President in your lifetime.)
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To: dfwgator

THIS.


25 posted on 01/07/2023 4:18:33 PM PST by dinodino ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ll wait for 2024 before commenting on THIS one.


26 posted on 01/07/2023 4:46:18 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That is not what the media says.


27 posted on 01/07/2023 5:49:51 PM PST by Parley Baer (WI)
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To: vmivol00

8D chess.


28 posted on 01/07/2023 6:02:20 PM PST by nwrep
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To: Labyrinthos

Yup.🙄


29 posted on 01/07/2023 6:04:23 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: SeekAndFind
McCarthy’s election as speaker was facilitated by a compromise reached with the help of former President Donald J. Trump.

Please. As if that's a good thing, anyway. Based on what Boebert said on the floor, and from the pictures of Rosendale today, MTG was about the only one taking his calls.

30 posted on 01/07/2023 6:09:41 PM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who follows it.)
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To: Songcraft

To Songcraft and the others above and constantly on FR who keep picking on this “flaw”:

Trump had nothing political to trade with except the job. When they had the White House safely on their resume, and had traded White House favors with others, they returned to other pursuits. He had absolutely no way of sorting out the loyal from the disloyal.

The people who recommended them so highly were doing the same thing: trading DC favors like baseball cards.

He was out of his usual milieu. Could be different next time around when he has so many relationships to work with like all the others around him.

His deal skills are still as sharp as ever.


31 posted on 01/07/2023 6:31:58 PM PST by firebrand (. )
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To: mbrfl

Trump is in the mix and he os feared by the old guard. So Trump is always working to mollify the RINOs and convert them to his way.He is a deal maker, and that’s just the way it has to work, unless we go to the revolutionary phase to take our nation back.The Art of the Deal was not invented by Trump, he is just masterful at it. The art of the deal was a political discovery of our founders a way to get along and pursue happiness.

Wrangling McCarthy is not yet over. He may insert all of his concessions in the upcoming House Order of Operations Bill which has to be the first piece of legislative work next week, but the RINOs have to vote Yes on it and some of them are not happy with the Freedom caucus or the work of Donald Trump in getting McCarthy elected.

The majority may amend and pass the House Operations Bill without the concessions made by McCarthy, they have the votes to do it.We will see if McCarthy will stay true t9o his position of concession and whether the whip can rally the votes to have the concessions passed into law

Its not over until the fat lady sings next week.


32 posted on 01/07/2023 6:33:54 PM PST by Candor7
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To: proust
Congratulations to Trump and McCarthy for the huge win. Can’t stop winning!

These are not concessions but the way the House should operate on a daily basis,

The DemonRats have turned a blind eye towards the worst administration evah.

It am hoping that some one would say that the people are the winners since the House is the "Peoples House."

33 posted on 01/07/2023 6:39:24 PM PST by TheConservativeTejano (The Business of America is Business)
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To: firebrand

And as far as this particular election, we got popular and House recognition of what needs to be followed for the speaker to be fair.

Someone pointed out yesterday that the Dems could have fixed it so McCarthy won quickly, and thus avoided all the bargaining that made it turn out the way it did. So it was a huge pain in the neck but a good thing.

Was that partly intended by our side? We’ll probably have to wait till the memoirs are written to find out.


34 posted on 01/07/2023 6:42:24 PM PST by firebrand (. )
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To: Taxman

Ping


35 posted on 01/07/2023 7:18:15 PM PST by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Now, all McCarthy and the Pubbies have to do is produce a VERY SOLID CONSERVATIVE effort for the next two years!

I am withholding $$$$$$$ to ALL Republican entities until they convince me that they REALLY SUPPORT AN AMERICA FIRST AGENDA!

GET WITH IT PUBBIES! YOU WORK FOR US! DELIVER!


36 posted on 01/07/2023 7:22:01 PM PST by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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To: Candor7

Excellent summary. I agree.


37 posted on 01/07/2023 7:49:10 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: SeekAndFind

Why doesn’t Trump focus more effort on saving America instead of him always wanting to be the center of attention? For starts, anyone can do the math. America now has an automatic omnibus-level burden on its shoulders for the rest of eternity :( And part of the blame goes to Trump for failing to use his Veto Pen effectively.

$31,380,309,986,690.02
times 4.725 percent per annum
equals $1,482,719,646,870.00 per annum

Just use these 3 links.
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/US1Y
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/debt-to-the-penny
https://www.google.com/search?q=calculator


38 posted on 01/07/2023 7:57:52 PM PST by Degaston (no autocrats please)
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To: roving

“ I’m done.”

AMF.

L


39 posted on 01/07/2023 7:59:52 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Songcraft
Trump did and still does a lot of things right, but his hiring/supporting escapades stink.

He made a handful of spectacular choices (Stephen Miller, for example) but the bulk of them were bad and I don't mean incompetent, I mean they worked against him. That list is long. Mattis, Kelly, Sessions, Barr, etc etc.

The fact is that the President sets the agenda and counts on his staff to execute it. Trump could not count on that. And if he doesn't fix it then it doesn't matter how many good ideas he has. And how can we know that he's smarter the second time around? I dunno. It gives me great concern.

40 posted on 01/07/2023 9:19:09 PM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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