Mick Mulvaney, who was Trump's acting chief of staff, told Yahoo News that he couldn't believe how many House Republicans voted to block Kevin McCarthy from becoming speaker.
I don't know what to think. In an interview, Mulvaney said that it seemed like it was so personal.
We did not have a complaint against John. I can give you a list of 10 things that we didn't vote for. He marginalized conservatives, we thought. Jim Jordan is going to be the chairman of the Judiciary committee. The opposite of marginalizing conservatives is happening.
When asked about the possible motives of the conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus, Mulvaney said they were driven by a quest for fame and notoriety and that the consequences would be terrible.
It's possible to raise more money by being outrageous. I believe that is what it is. A lot of these guys like to be famous and they can raise a lot more money by doing that.
Mulvaney said the conservative group would run for higher office. It's a good idea to get famous.
A former member of Congress said on CNN that the anti-McCarthy Republicans have a chance to make a lot of news by using social media.
She said that they would probably take it for all it was worth.
The anti-McCarthy contingent was made up of self-importance and a desire for notoriety according to Rep. Dan Crenshaw.
The chaos on Capitol Hill says a lot about how broken our politics are according to Brendan Buck.
The ringleaders of the House Republican rebellion, according to David French, are Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.
Critics say that many of the high-profile names opposing McCarthy are known more for their antics than for trying to solve real problems. Conservative writer Yuval Levin observed that many members of Congress now see themselves as performers.
"Many members of Congress view the institution as a way to raise their profile, to become celebrities in the world of cable news or talk radio, and in essence to perform." What is lost in the process is the ability to compromise.
Members come to see themselves as players in a larger political environment, which is not legislating or governing, but a kind of performative outrage for a partisan audience. They're not really about legislating because their incentives are based on that understanding.
Critics say McCarthy's opponents are continuing a trend. Cruz promised to defund the health care law. He raised money from grassroots donors that he used to fuel a run for president in 2016 while growing his following.
Several Democrats won seats in the House in the last year and promised to abolish ICE. Elizabeth Warren will run for president in 2020. ICE continues to exist today. There was a lot of attention and money to the slogans of the two candidates.
Mulvaney told CNN that the anti-McCarthy Republicans don't seem to have a plan for how to win over a group of lawmakers.
If it's not Kevin, I don't know who it is, and that's the conversation I've been having with these 19 Never-Kevin people, many of whom are my friends. If it is not Kevin then who? Mulvaney spoke.
Buck said that the conservatives' refusal to fall in line seemed to be to humiliate Kevin McCarthy.
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