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Posted on 01/11/2023 11:35:17 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., revealed on Sunday that he is being placed on the House Republican Steering Committee in exchange for supporting Kevin McCarthy for House speaker.
Donalds revealed the new appointment during a Sunday appearance on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo.
His appearance followed an epic 15-ballot election for McCarthy to become House speaker. To become speaker, McCarthy had to make concessions to a small group of hardliners who refused to support him until he yielded to their demands.
"I’m frankly just happy that it’s all over with, and that we got something transformational and sound for the American people," Donalds said.
The committee’s purpose is to assign fellow Republicans to other House committees. Donalds noted that his appointment to the Steering Committee was an important step to having "more [Republican] voices on more committees."
Donalds was among a group of 20 hardline Republicans who refused to vote for McCarthy after he initially voted in his favor. He then switched to support Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, before his fellow Republicans nominated him for the role.
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PING.
exactly ... good trade to get a hard-liner on a vital committee for two years instead of some RINO squish ...
News?
BFD.
Politics as usual in the House.
News, yes. Worth knowing that McCarthy is (so far) going along with the rebel alliance.
He does know that the incoming party always increase their
own numbers on committees, right?
Him being on the steering committee won't affect that.
For what it's worth, it will give the committee one more
Conservative voice, but they'll have far more RINOs
there than will more than cover for that.
paybacks are a b*tch...
He’s my rep and I love the guy.
Best congressman I’ve ever had - hands down.
“Him being on the steering committee won’t affect that.”
Wrong the committees will have less RINOs (other than the added Republican). Having a hard core conservative steering committees membership increases the odds of having a more a stronger conservative committees even if the totals don’t change that much.
“If this surprises you, you don’t know how things work in politics generally, and DC specifically”.
Is there a hard core steering committee now?
I am aware of this guy. Were there others, and were there
enough to overpower the RINOs on the steering committee?
If so, you have a point.
Yes, he knows that. [Republican] in brackets means he did not say the word, it was added by the editor.
I guess that is politics.
Actually I think it needed to be pointed out, since he didn’t
say it.
Just increasing voices didn’t make a whole lot of sense.
I wasn’t dinging him based on that. It was a given.
Good for Brian!
Mine too! Might be a worthy successor to DeSantis.
Haven’t even thought of that... great idea.
Greetings from Gateway Greens, Fort Myers.
Thank you! Greetings back from the McGregor section of Ft Myers!
maybe he was instrumental in removing red flag crenshaw ...
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