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
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Mr. Trump, I’m not impressed.
Yup. When does he not say he is the greatest of all time, has the best this, the highest that?
Trump is part of the show.
Bread and circuses.
Sometimes Trump gets on my nerves. Instead of throwing his name in the ring early on, he waits until the die is cast to proclaim he would take the Speaker’s job. He brags about getting the hopelessly rudderless, leaderless McCarthy in as Speaker. Is this behavior advancing his cause? Now, I will add Trump’s latest move to his ongoing bragging about ‘warp speed,’ which is going to go down as the worst governmental betrayal of humanity in the history of the world. Rather than admit error, most world governments are insanely doubling down pushing even more injections on their citizens. Like a good soldier, Steve Kirsch continues to try and talk sense to these demented ‘entities’ using his common sense and even his pocketbook, but they just blow him off and won’t even debate the issue.
Heard his own party was really ticked that he did that.
Trump makes horrible choices in who he supports politically.
Period
And you probably use the pronouns "we/us" when referring to the GOP, right? You probably think Romney and Ryan are "RINOs", right?
You should not have been disappointed. You should open your eyes and see the GOP for what it is.
Trump had nothing to do with it. The 20 drove a hard bargain with McCarthy. If anything, Trump empowered McCarthy.
I know many people of Freep love Trump, but he is a conservative only when it suits him politically. He likes McCarthy which should tell you what his true beliefs are.
The House should be renamed “The House of Large Corporate Representatives.” And the Senate should be renamed “The House of Lords.”
Let Trump be Trump.
Trust Trump and trust the plan.
BARF!
Awesome.
The great Orange Ego claims to be better than Washington and Lincoln.
If compromise-first Trump were Washington, he'd have crafted another fart-of-a-deal with King G and then claim credit for creating peace in the forever-colonies.
He deserves recognition - for his helpful failure here. And Freedom deserves an apology - for his boot print on its crotch.
In normal times, R politicians campaign Right until primaries end, then turn Left for the general. In Trump's SwampJab-infected mind, he has already won the primary. He has turned before he has earned.
General Washington, your Right flank is wide open and it's a long way to the polls.
The 20 Flames of Freedom won us many wins. Trump tried to stop them before the winning began. Thank the Lord for his glorious flop.
I just wish the boss would refrain from these kind of announcements. There are better ways for him to say things.
Wish he had some kind of communications babysitter. meh
The Neocon Media were already ripping the rebels. Imagine The Neocons would have said “ Trump leads Second J6 Insurrection !”
None of the rebels wanted the position , so publicly supporting them was useless for Trump.
What remains to be seen is shall McCarthy abide by the conditions set by the rebels. If not, should we expect more turmoil ? Would the rebels be able to unseat McCarthy ?
The lead up to 2024 is a wild one.
SuperTrump either needs a vision check or needs to fly lower. He does not seem to recognize which side he is helping at ground level.
Or, worse, he does.
Always remember... nobody enriched and protected BigPharma more than the Trump admin. He added an ocean to the swamp. And, of course, still brags about it.
Please just stop. The Hill is trash can we posting from them like they are a legitimate news org?
“Should he have thrown his support behind the rebels ?”
Yes.
It does not matter who reports, left or right, I bypass all the opinion and go to the quote. Is that fake?
Trump makes horrible choices in who he supports politically.
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Imo Trump is helping get elected the first female President of
the USA. Biden gets reelected and steps down after two years
and Madam Harris becomes the first female president of the
USA. She could have 10 yrs almost as President if they play
their cards right.JMO.
Which five elections?
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