Posted on 04/13/2023 9:04:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif) popularity has spiked since taking on the new job as Speaker of the House this year.
According to the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, McCarthy’s job approval rating is taking new heights, up 15 points from last year. He currently has a rating of positive seven.
The poll found that 44 percent of voters approved of McCarthy’s job as Speaker, while only 37 percent said they disapproved.
In December, just a month before securing the House Speaker votes, McCarthy’s job approval rating was at a negative eight, with only 36 percent of voters strongly or somewhat approving of his job, which at the time was the House minority leader.
McCarthy secured the gavel after a dramatic four days and 15 rounds of voting. As he reaches his 100-day mark in the new Congress, his time has been spent destroying Democrat’s radical plans, boosting Republicans’ priorities, and doubling down on his statement that President Joe Biden is jeopardizing the U.S. economy.
McCarthy has had a successful four months.
He has pushed Biden to sign the D.C. Crime Bill Nullification, which blocks the nation’s capital, “proposed soft-on-crime criminal code rewrite that treated violent criminals like victims and discarded the views of law enforcement.” He also launched a bipartisan select committee to confront China’s global influence and the dangerous implications the communist country has on the U.S.
However, he did stop short of agreeing on the debt limit with the Democrats. Biden and his party have demanded a clean package without added frills, while McCarthy and the rest of the GOP are pressing spending cuts.
Per the Republican’s proposal, if major cutbacks exist, the GOP looks to extend the debt limit until May 2024. McCarthy also wants to examine Biden’s hefty student loan forgiveness program and “green” tax credits.
To compare, when Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) was Speaker of the House last year, her job approval rating was at a negative five, with only 45 percent of Americans approving of her role, more than 50 percent disapproved
Really not bad considering the dem filth leading for so many years
Only because they had to twist his arms to do the right thing else get thrown out of leadership
He will jack up the debt ceiling along with Joe Biden then what will people think of him?
Without Trump’s endorsement Kevin McCarthy would be toast.
So far, so good.
However, how will he do on the debt ceiling bill?
When big bills involving a lot of money are brought up, Pubbies tend to fold like a cheap paper fan.
Still hasn’t released all of the January 6th videos he promised.
He finally grew a spite under duress. It’s refreshing to see it coming from him. He needs to put his heel on the necks of the liberals.
It will drop when he rubberstamps Bidens spending wishes.
He wont care. Wont change anything for him.
It’s not folding when the alternative is worse than the choice at hand.
He promised over a month ago to release the J6 videos to the public. Instead, he is continuing the Pelosi cover up.
He seemed good for a couple months, then he turned into another Paul Ryan or Mitch McConnell.
I always thought the budget was where you make changes. Have we ever made changes to get a dent increase? Isn’t the debt lifted to pay current money already spent?
I’m more interested in the list of names and payoffs from congressmen’s sexual harassment and more released to the public.
Thanks to Gaetz, Boebert, et al., who held his feet to the fire and stuck to that “vacate the chair” issue. I have eaten some crow on this issue after predicting he’d be a failure for conservatives. So far, he’s been pretty good.
How many Americans even know who he is?
The GOP is still a problem
Hey Kev, I thought you were going to release ALL the J6 tapes? Guess the DS paid you off, or threatened you like they do to silence their critics. McCarthy is just another RINO, let’s not get excited about him until he does something really important.
he said they would not be released all at once.
McCarthy may surprise many with his methods and demeanor, but not me. I always thought he would be good...perhaps not great...but GOOD for us.
I still support him.
As long as he keeps doing what Trump tells him to.
He needs to release them all at once for defense counsel use. And it has to be public so 'processed' defendants can appeal the Brady Rule evidence.
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