DrLove
Diamond Member
There are probably dumber members of congress - Taylor-Green, Boebert, Nunez, Cotton, Gohmert, Hawley and Cruz to name a few, but Kevin is right up there near the top. Apparently his initial condemnation of Trumpy Bear's incendiary remarks on 1-6 pissed off Dear Leader so now, Kev must grovel. What a slime ball. Hopefully his corporate donations go buh-bye!
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had an important decision to make — stick with former President Donald Trump and his loyalists in the Freedom Caucus, or side with more establishment House Republicans who want to take the party back.
The answer became clear when instead of calling Trump, as he often did when Trump was president, he is now set to visit with Trump in Florida on Thursday. The meeting was initiated by McCarthy, a person familiar with the meeting said, and is part of an effort to get back into the good graces of the former president.
Despite political pressure from some in the GOP that the party must move on from Trump, McCarthy is eyeing what will win him back the House and possibly catapult him to the speakership. Sources told CNN he is eager to realign himself with Trump after corporate donors -- including American Express, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Commerce Bank, Dow and Marriott -- have suspended PAC donations to members of Congress who objected to certifying the election for Joe Biden.
For McCarthy, the balance falls between needing to appeal to GOP donors and to Trump's base, which still makes up a powerful force in the party and will need to turn out in order for the GOP to win back the House in two years. Not to mention if McCarthy wants to ascend to the speakership in two years, he will need hold on to the Trump wing of his own conference or risk a challenge.
McCarthy to visit the former president in Florida, showing where he stands in a post-Trump Republican Party
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had an important decision to make — stick with former President Donald Trump and his loyalists in the Freedom Caucus, or side with more establishment House Republicans who want to take the party back.
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