Kevin McCarthy relishes role as Trump's fixer, friend and candy man

[DonViejo]

By Josh Dawsey and Robert Costa January 15 at 1:25 PM

President Trump and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) were alone in the presidential suite on Air Force One, flying east toward Washington in early October, when the president reached for a handful of Starbursts, the square-shaped candy fruit chews. But instead of unwrapping all the treats, the president was careful to pluck out and eat two flavors: cherry and strawberry, McCarthy noticed.

“We’re there, having a little dessert, and he offers me some,” McCarthy recalled in an interview. “Just the red and the pink. A bit later, a couple of his aides saw me with those colors and told me, ‘Those are the president’s favorites.’?”

Days later, the No. 2 Republican in the House — known for his relentless cultivation of political alliances — bought a plentiful supply of Starbursts and asked a staffer to sort through the pile, placing only those two flavors in a jar. McCarthy made sure his name was on the side of the gift, which was delivered to a grinning Trump, according to a White House official.

McCarthy’s overture — a Washington version of rock band Van Halen’s infamous 1982 request for backstage bowls of M&M’s purged of brown candies — illustrates the lengths many top congressional Republicans have gone to build a rapport with Trump.

The move also underscored McCarthy’s singular role as Trump’s friend and fixer over the past year — a courtship of backslapping and flattery that has led to eye-rolling among Democrats and skeptical Republicans.

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[samnsara]

1. it took MSM long enuff to figure out hes going for SOTH

[dalton99a]

2. Brown nosing at its best

What a subservient piece of shit

"My Kevin - my little candy man"

[tanyev]

3. There's only one person that likes a toady suck-up, Kevin.

And even that lasts only as long as the toadying does.

[Blue_Adept]

4. The morning joe crew were mocking McCarthy over this heavily

Lots of things about how it basically makes him look utterly worthless, but Joe had the "insight" that he knows that Ryan is going to leave this year and wants to curry favor with Trump to get an endorsement for the position himself.

[democrank]

5. McCarthy will sort candy for a pat on the head.

What a disgusting sellout.

[Initech]

6. Trump has the diet of a 7 year old.

And an extremely poor one at that! No wonder he is constipated and takes angry shits at 3:00 AM.