McCarthy praises Trump, Gaetz for helping secure Speakership

[RandySF]

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) praised former President Trump and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for pushing him over the finish line and helping him secure the gavel.

He gave the two credit for convincing each of the six remaining Republican holdouts — of which Gaetz was one — to vote “present” on the 15th ballot, lowering the number of votes McCarthy needed to win.

“I don’t think anybody should doubt his influence. He was with me from the beginning,” McCarthy said of Trump after the House had adjourned for the weekend. He added the former president was “all in” and “helping get those final votes.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) confirmed Trump was on the other end of the line when she offered her phone to Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), one of McCarthy’s detractors. A photo of her doing so was widely circulated during the votes.

“Absolutely,” she said. “My favorite president.”

Greene declined to say what Trump’s message was.




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[Skittles]

1. totally performing for the cult

[KS Toronado]

2. Keep kissing his ass Kevin, you'll go over the cliff with him.

Or to jail with him.

[Emile]

3. My thoughts too

[Lovie777]

4. Bad move ......

[bdamomma]

5. oh crap

I wake up to this news. McCarthy kissing the ring, this will take him down. McCarthy is a weak man. Sickening. So the right wing got their way with McCarthy, these are going to be 2 rough years for us and this country.

After all the work this administration has done, they will tear it apart.

I don't think I'm going to be watching the news if they are going to show the "right wing Taliban", like Gaetz, Boebert, Taylor and the rest of them.

[Vinca]

6. How soon until "the Speaker" makes a pilgrimage to Mecca to kiss Trump's behind again?

[tanyev]

7. More of a Trump's Remora of the House than a Speaker.