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Trump takes credit for McCarthy Speaker win
The hill ^ | 01/08/2023 | NATALIE PRIEB

Posted on 01/08/2023 7:44:24 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Former President Trump is taking a victory lap following Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s (R-Calif.) win after 15 rounds of voting.

“The Fake News Media was, believe it or not, very gracious in their reporting that I greatly helped Kevin McCarthy attain the position of Speaker of the House,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform on Saturday.

“Thank you, I did our Country a big favor!”

Although there was talk of Trump’s weakened political clout after Republicans opposed to McCarthy’s Speakership bid ignored the former president’s urging to back him, reports throughout the days-long voting process showed that Trump may have successfully swayed some of McCarthy’s GOP detractors

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: credit; maga; magawithmccarthy; mccarthy; somuchmaga; somuchwinning; trump; trump4thewin; trumpsguymccarthy; win; winnerwinner; yourekidding
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My opinion is there will be two sides to this. One side will say his ego is getting in the way and the other side will say i agree with Trump 100% that he did get McCarthy elected 3D chess
1 posted on 01/08/2023 7:44:24 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

McCarthy himself gave Trump credit


2 posted on 01/08/2023 7:45:35 AM PST by Josa
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3 posted on 01/08/2023 7:47:08 AM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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Yep, Trump (and his team) OWN McC. Lock stock and barrel.


4 posted on 01/08/2023 7:47:45 AM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I was disappointed that after Gaetz nominated Trump for Speaker nobody else joined in.


5 posted on 01/08/2023 7:49:10 AM PST by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I think Trump will find he bought a lemon.


6 posted on 01/08/2023 7:49:24 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah, you Operation Warp Sped hundreds of thousands of Americans to death, too.


7 posted on 01/08/2023 7:50:49 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nothing to boast about. He should be speaking out against a person like McCarthy. I watched as McCarthy applauded Pence when he stabbed Trump in the back and McCarthy then made his little illuminati hand gesture.


8 posted on 01/08/2023 7:50:50 AM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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"Trump takes credit..."

Sun rises. Dog bites man.

It would have been headline news had he not.

9 posted on 01/08/2023 7:51:59 AM PST by BuddhaBrown (Path to enlightenment: Four right turns, then go straight until you see the Light!)
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To: C210N

Right, his opponents have destroyed themselves by winning 5 elections in a row and unleashing transgender groomers on America’s children.


10 posted on 01/08/2023 7:52:44 AM PST by nwrep
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Its a political community. Friends one day enemies the next.

That is Washington. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villany.


11 posted on 01/08/2023 7:53:19 AM PST by Bayard
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m not sure who helped more Trump or the republican establishment the uniparty


12 posted on 01/08/2023 7:54:26 AM PST by wardaddy (Truth is treason in the Empire of liars)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The hill is as serious and objective as the Babylon bee

Trump got McCarthy elected as speaker. It’s clear

Why he did so is not clear

People can trust the hill to explain it. Or people can wise up and see that Trump is out to help tge country and just let him do his job. They can finally consider this:

Trump went to Wharton school of finance at U Penn. not as a Manchurian but as a student with academic Nona dudes from a family of smart business people. He was successful on his own with NO illegal practices

He knows and uses game theory ditto sun tzu

People who don’t trust him are marginalized by those who do trust him not because those who trust him are in a cult but because those who don’t trust him are ignorant

That’s all


13 posted on 01/08/2023 7:55:46 AM PST by stanne
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Watch him change his tune after McCarthy screws something up.


14 posted on 01/08/2023 7:56:16 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Supporting McCarthy will come back to haunt Trump and his supporters. It’ll be the same as Trump’s endorsements for McConnell and Romney.

The opportunity to get rid of McCarthy is now gone. People keep reelecting RINOs and expect them to be better than Democrats. They never learn and then they chastise anyone who tried to warn them.

It’s Ground Hog day.


15 posted on 01/08/2023 7:56:45 AM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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“academic Nona dudes”

Wow

academic bona fides


16 posted on 01/08/2023 7:57:57 AM PST by stanne
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

And yet his base will circle the wagons around him one more time.


17 posted on 01/08/2023 7:59:10 AM PST by joesbucks
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“Watch him change his tune after McCarthy screws something up.”

Of course McCarthy will screw up. Watch trump closely.


18 posted on 01/08/2023 7:59:35 AM PST by stanne
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To: BuddhaBrown

“Trump takes credit...”
Sun rises. Dog bites man.

It would have been headline news had he not.

AND, local Florida man wrestles alligator. Driveby shootings in Chicago, Uhaul business solid in California, Philadelphia not the City of Brotherly Love because sexist, and ……..

And To paraphrase David Brinkley , the MSM would say “Everyone is Entitled to My Opinion “.

Yet some feign surprise.


19 posted on 01/08/2023 8:01:56 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Everybody wants perfection from others. There is no such thing.

Especially in politics.


20 posted on 01/08/2023 8:06:51 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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