Posted on 12/01/2021 5:28:52 PM PST by cotton1706
The longer this goes on, the less it becomes a story about Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene and the more it becomes a story about McCarthy. Has there been a weaker caucus leader in our lifetimes?
Be fair if your answer to that question is “no,” though: Would anyone else do better in the role given the hostage-crisis dynamic that defines the party in 2021? Whoever ends up as House GOP leader will be little more than a viceroy for Trump. Their power over the caucus will derive entirely from Trump’s power over the Republican base. (Greene understands that keenly.) If Trump wants A and the new Republican Speaker wants B, House Republicans will be free to choose A without fear of repercussions. It’s those who choose B who need to worry.
Yesterday Mace and Greene spent hours on Twitter jabbing at each other, a social-media spat among two members of the same caucus without precedent as far as I can recall. McCarthy called them onto the carpet privately to demand that they stop embarrassing the party. When the head of the caucus and likely next Speaker tells a freshman that they’re creating a problem for him, normally they snap to attention for fear of being punished with poor committee assignments, little input on legislation, etc.
But Greene and Mace know that McCarthy doesn’t have ultimate authority over his caucus the way Pelosi does. So they gave his warning the appropriate amount of deference.
McCarthy had a meeting with Greene and Mace and told them to stop. Greene walked out of the meeting, ignored McCarthy, and started telling a reporter that she supports a primary challenge against Mace
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McCarthy is a limp Dick/Richard.
Mace has been maneuvering to become part of the RINO “leadership” of the Republicans in the US House of Representatives. Most FReepers will recognize that.
Remember the days of the “Hastert Rule” when Establishment republicans patted conservatives on the head and told them “sorry, little Jimmy, but we need to have a majority of the majority and you just don’t have the support.” Then after 2010 when conservatives DID have a majority of the majority, they came up with a new excuse for not moving conservative issues.
And NOW they don’t like it that the caucus will be influenced and controlled by somebody OTHER than THEM.
Oh, too bad! Maybe you should have actually repealed Obamacare and funded the wall and allowed subpeonas. But you wanted to be RINO’s. So now you’ll have NO power or influence.
It is RINO season! With the Democrats doing so poorly we can afford to purge the party of all these useless tool traitors and get new blood elected.
We need to vote everyone of them out of office!
Anything the Democrat assistant allahpundit writes should be ignored
“ Greene walked out of the meeting, ignored McCarthy, and started telling a reporter that she supports a primary challenge against Mace…”
LMAO!
Bush League Republicans like Mace and McCarthy need to be replaced with Republicans that will represent the citizens and not assist the Democrats.
I'm not sure that Nancy ought to be a role model.
MTG for speaker
That lady means business!
Kevin made a huge mistake when he took away MTGs committee assignments. He now has no leverage.
Controlled opposition cat fight.
MTG is in a blood-red district and doesn’t have to worry about re-election. She could never get elected in Mace’s swing district which was represented by a Democrat before this year.
Who will be the speaker after Pelosi gets routed next November?
If its not McCarthy, who has the votes to defeat him?
Answer: Nobody.
As far as these infantile women are concerned, I agree with McCarthy on this one.
“Shut up you drama queens” is my message to these freshman Representatives.
My prediction is, as Feminist Supremacy continues its take over of our institutions, these “cat fights” will become more common.
Isn’t it wonderful that the House of Representatives can be just like the “House Wife Shows” that are on TV ad nauseum.
MTG can’t be leveraged… she’s much more effective that way.
The Young RINOs. Two are gone. 1 left to get rid of.
At least as a future Majority Leader.
They don’t call her “Two-face Mace” for nothing.
A Party member represents her constituents ríes a consistent message. Appearances must not be construed as deceptive.
Mace has been a major disappointment, just as Mia Love was. Each once sounded impressive.....
Luntz will have a crying towel laid out for McCarthy on his bunk tonight...
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