Donald Trump tried to boost Kevin McCarthy's bid for House speaker but ended up showing his weakness even in a chamber where both GOP groups helped advance his January coup plot.
Trump wrote on his social media platform that he supported the California Republican's bid for speaker. Get Kevin to close the deal, take the victory, and watch Nancy Pelosi return to her home state of California. Republicans don't turn a great contest into a giant and ambush defense. It's time to celebrate and you deserve it. Kevin McCarthy will do a great job, just watch.
Take the victory and run.
Just a few hours later, McCarthy got one less vote on the fourth ballot for speaker than he got on the first three, after Indiana Republican Victoria Spartz voted "present" instead of voting for McCarthy.
The pressure campaign, which included phone calls to the anti-McCarthy wing, didn't work according to a former GOP congressman. It shows McCarthy's weakness. He or his team leaned on Trump for the statement to be made.
MAGA is no longer tied to Trump. His words don't carry much weight with members, especially those with their own celebrity within the far-right echo chamber.
On the House floor, Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican, said no to Trump. It needs to be reversed. She said that it was time for Trump to withdraw because he did not have the votes.
The Pennsylvania Republican who was deeply involved in Trump's plan to install a functionary as attorney general to tell leaders in states where Joe Biden won in 2020 was in the anti-McCarthy wing.
The staff of Trump did not reply to the request.
After becoming a fierce Trump critic, former Illinois Republican Rep. Joe Walsh said he doesn't read too much into Trump's inability to affect the House leadership race.
The vote isn't indicative of Trump's influence in the caucus Those 20 are hardcore Trumpers. They still love the ground he walks on. There's a lot more going on inside that Trump can't influence.
On May 30, 2020, President Donald Trump and Rep. Kevin McCarthy will leave Air Force One.
Republicans lost control of the Senate because of Trump's attempts to install candidates who would spread his election lies. The leader of the Republican National Committee is at risk because of his losing record.
The morning after McCarthy failed to win the 218 votes he needed to become speaker, Trump made a new statement in support of him.
It is almost certain that the speaker will be like McCarthy, a Trump supporter and an apologist for his actions, if McCarthy is elected.
Louisiana's Steve Scalise, who McCarthy's critics often mention as an acceptable alternative, was one of the House Republicans who voted to overturn Trump's 2020 election loss. The anti-McCarthy members consolidated on Tuesday's third ballot, and Rep. Jim Jordan was behind them. There were 6 schemings.
In an interview with the pro- Trump site, Trump bragged about his appeal to the House GOP. There are a lot of people who are against Kevin. He said that most of them are very much in favor of Trump.
The Kentucky Republican and his wife, Elaine, who served in Trump's Cabinet as transportation secretary, were attacked by the president on Wednesday.
He wrote that if Republicans are going to fight, they should fight McConnell and his wife, Coco.
Since McConnell excoriated Trump on the Senate floor, he has ignored him. He rode with Biden from the airport to the event site along the Ohio River in the presidential limo.
McCarthy was 400 miles to the east and had his fifth failing vote. I'm proud of what we've accomplished.
Despite losing the 2020 election, Trump became the first president in more than two centuries to refuse to hand over power peacefully. The January assault on the Capitol led to the deaths of five people, including a police officer, as well as the injury of 140 other officers.
Trump is the leader of the Republican Party and has already declared his candidacy to be the next president.
In statements on his personal social media platform, Trump has continued to lie about the election and the Jan. 6 committee's work, which he has called a "hoax."
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