Posted on 06/28/2023 8:43:37 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told Breitbart News exclusively on Tuesday that he believes former President Donald Trump is “stronger today than he was in 2016.”
“As usual, the media is attempting to drive a wedge between President Trump and House Republicans as our committees are holding Biden’s DOJ accountable for their two-tiered levels of justice,” McCarthy said in a brief conversation with Breitbart News on Tuesday. “The only reason Biden is using his weaponized federal government to go after President Trump is because he is Biden’s strongest political opponent, as polling continues to show.”
McCarthy pointed to polls released on Tuesday from Morning Consult which show, for the first time the pollster began asking the question last year, Trump leading incumbent Democrat President Joe Biden.
“Just look at the numbers this morning—Trump is stronger today than he was in 2016,” McCarthy said.
The speaker’s comments here are significant because after an appearance on CNBC on Tuesday morning a CNN reporter selectively quoted one part of it that made it appear as though he was criticizing Trump. The broader conversation, however, shows McCarthy solidly defending the former president–more than media reaction to the interview would suggest–even though McCarthy has yet to formally endorse a candidate in the 2024 GOP presidential primary.
“Can Trump beat Biden?” McCarthy said when asked if Trump could win a general election. “Yeah, he can beat Biden.”
When asked if it is a good thing for the GOP if Trump is the nominee, McCarthy said: “Republicans get to select their nominee. I think if you want to go sheer policy to policy, it’s not what’s good for Republicans; it’s what’s good for America. Trump’s policies are better, straightforward, than Biden’s policies.”
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Kevin McCarthy says he thinks Trump could win the GOP nomination, but doesnt know if Trump is “strongest” candidate for his party.
“Can he win that election? Yeah he can…the question is, is he the strongest to win the election, I don’t know that answer,” McCarthy says on CNBC— Kristen Holmes (@KristenhCNN) June 27, 2023
McCarthy was not, as Holmes framed it, saying he doubts Trump in a general election—he was answering two separate questions, first about a primary and then about general election viability. But given the uproar across media, McCarthy’s decision to clarify it in comments to Breitbart News makes it even more poignant that he is saying he believes Trump is stronger in terms of general election viability than he has ever been before.
Of course, they back each other 100%.
Yep, Trump and McCarthy are best friends again. /s
I heard that “Joey The Sniff” already has 85 Million completed ballots ready for Nov 2024.
POS 🐍 snake!! Trump repeated a story of a backstabbing venomous snake in 2016 campaign trail. Why oh why didn’t he heed his own words! Trump gets duped very easily by backstabbing snakes in the grass disguised as RNC sheep! McDaniel and McCarthy should’ve been the first ones booted out long time ago. They’re venomous poisonous snakes! They add nothing good to the base only $$$ to their bank accounts by corporations and the stupid sheeple who continue to support the RNC. Get out of that habit and start supporting individual MAGA candidates don’t ever give money to McDaniel who continues to use your money for vacations, Botox, the spa, luxurious items, luxurious trips, but most of all your pays for her collection filled lips. And we mustn’t forget she eats the best food money can buy, lobster, steak, caviar, shrimp, dines in the best restaurants etc, which majority of us can’t afford, from donations!
Most people don’t need McCarthy or any other politician to tell them that,
Trump is now and will be the strongest candidate running for president, during the primaries and during the general election.
He is a known quantity, and what he did for the country benefited everybody, including democrats and republicans, ane everybody else. The only ones that might not have benefited, and the democrat politicians who cannot stand that Trump did so well and that they could be rendered irrelevant if Trump wins again. The most effective president in perhaps 100 years, is public enemy #1 for democrats.
In any case, no one else comes close to Trump’s record, not even DeSantis and much less Biden.
Oops meant to say you pay for her collagen filled lips. And that ain’t cheap. Remember the woman doesn’t have a full-time job. It’s from donations she splurges on her luxurious lifestyle.
It’s obvious only one person stands a chance of beating this corrupt enemy and that’s Trump. Everything else is just noise.
Who has McCarthy held accountable besides Adam Schiff?
McCarthy talks out of both sides of his ass.
Trump is the only candidate who can turn this Marxist Dem generated fiasco around with his dynamic genius personality.
“It’s obvious only one person stands a chance of beating this corrupt enemy and that’s Trump. Everything else is just noise.”
Agreed.
” A double minded man is unstable in all ways.”
YES!
Not to mention Kurshner.
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