Trump Team Livid at Kevin McCarthy After House Speaker's 2024 Comments

[Kamaji]

Trump Team Livid at Kevin McCarthy After House Speaker's 2024 Comments

By Joe Cunningham
June 28, 2023

It is inarguable that the rise of Kevin McCarthy can be directly tied to the rise of Donald Trump. The wave that swept Trump into office paved the way for multiple events that put McCarthy in the position he found himself in at the beginning of this year.

The Trump folks will tell you that McCarthy would not be Speaker if not for Trump. I’m not sure that Trump had a positive impact on the 2022 midterms, but it’s clear that Trump’s initial rise to power and the Democrats’ crazed reaction to Trump did make it possible.

But Trump was not a factor in the races that gave the House to Republicans – New York and California congressional seats among them. Still, Trump and his people believe that McCarthy owes Trump the maximum amount of loyalty, and the Speaker’s recent comments about 2024 have sent Trump’s team over the edge.

Trump world flipped out. Top aides to the former president and allies who know both men quickly traded messages asking, in short: What the bleep?

Some called McCarthy a “moron.” Others looked to Trump campaign hand Brian Jack, who also advises the speaker and has been a critical bridge between both men, to play mediator as Trump hit the trail in New Hampshire.

McCarthy immediately pivoted into clean-up mode. He called Trump to apologize, according to the New York Times. He offered Breitbart reporter Matt Boyle an exclusive interview, during which he walked the comments back and accused the media of taking them out of context.

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Source:  https://redstate.com/joesquire/2023/06/28/trump-team-livid-at-kevin-mccarthy-after-house-speakers-2024-comments-n768424

[Kamaji]

Oh dearie, another proverbial "stab in the back"

[mystery-ak]

Trump Team Livid at Kevin McCarthy After House Speaker's 2024 Comments
Joe Cunningham


It is inarguable that the rise of Kevin McCarthy can be directly tied to the rise of Donald Trump. The wave that swept Trump into office paved the way for multiple events that put McCarthy in the position he found himself in at the beginning of this year.

The Trump folks will tell you that McCarthy would not be Speaker if not for Trump. I’m not sure that Trump had a positive impact on the 2022 midterms, but it’s clear that Trump’s initial rise to power and the Democrats’ crazed reaction to Trump did make it possible.

But Trump was not a factor in the races that gave the House to Republicans – New York and California congressional seats among them. Still, Trump and his people believe that McCarthy owes Trump the maximum amount of loyalty, and the Speaker’s recent comments about 2024 have sent Trump’s team over the edge.

    Trump world flipped out. Top aides to the former president and allies who know both men quickly traded messages asking, in short: What the bleep?

    Some called McCarthy a “moron.” Others looked to Trump campaign hand Brian Jack, who also advises the speaker and has been a critical bridge between both men, to play mediator as Trump hit the trail in New Hampshire.

    McCarthy immediately pivoted into clean-up mode. He called Trump to apologize, according to the New York Times. He offered Breitbart reporter Matt Boyle an exclusive interview, during which he walked the comments back and accused the media of taking them out of context.

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https://redstate.com/joesquire/2023/06/28/trump-team-livid-at-kevin-mccarthy-after-house-speakers-2024-comments-n768424

[LMAO]

Trump and his MAGA supporters are highly emotional beings

It seems that they like to take credit for successes but blame everybody and everything else when things don’t go as planned or hoped for them

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Everything with Trump is transactional, never principled.  So if he endorses another candidate, it's not just him saying "I think this is the best person for the job".  It's him saying "I endorsed you, so now you owe me going forward."

That's just crap.  McCarthy said Trump's policies were better than Biden's, and that Trump could beat Biden.  He was non-committal only on the issue of whether Trump was the candidate most likely to beat Biden - he didn't even mention or claim that another GOP candidate would be better than Trump.

So sick of this crap from him....

[corbe]

   FTA:

It’s a matter of narrative at this point. Trump and his team feel entitled to the support of people he has supported, endorsed, or been friendly to. Even beyond that, he feels entitled to the support of the entire Republican Party because he was their president once upon a time.

   And therein lies the problem, that sense of ENTITLEMENT.

[LMAO]

   FTA:

   And therein lies the problem, that sense of ENTITLEMENT.

And not just from Trump himself

His MAGAs believe the same thing