GOP In Disarray: McCarthy To Try, Try Again In Round 4 Of Voting

By Susie Madrak — January 4, 2023

Here's the latest on Kevin McCarthy's very, very sad attempt to become House speaker (starting at noon EST):

Amid some growing doubt among House Rs about whether Trump was still backing McCarthy, he just gave a full-throated endorsement on Truth Social saying it is time "all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE for KEVIN." pic.twitter.com/dDTTLRFZdq

— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) January 4, 2023

James Carville noted that no one actually cares about what Trump thinks:

"He's a gone pecan ... no one cares."

— James Carville on whether the House Freedom Caucus will listen to Trump's Truth Social post endorsing Kevin McCarthy pic.twitter.com/QD7A8hdSyb

— The Recount (@therecount) January 4, 2023

Why does McCarthy want to be speaker, anyway? He doesn't exactly have a servant's heart:

New from me: Kevin McCarthy is facing the same problem that has taken down almost every House GOP leader since 1994, namely the Republican caucus doesn’t want to be lead. It’s a cursed job at this point. https://t.co/bjOUKI84gF

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 4, 2023

Here was the real star of the day:

Santos sat alone, squirmed & was finally called
“He then made his first and only public utterance of the day: “McCarthy”
⁰“Mentiroso!” shouted someone from the Democratic side, using the Spanish word for “liar”#wtpBLUE #ONEV1 #DemVoice1 #FreshResists https://t.co/adAkKAKeLg

— Brenda 🌞𝓅𝓉𝒾𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓉 💙 (@bkaydw) January 4, 2023

That's right. They're not "conservatives," they're extremists:

We need to stop calling these people "conservatives." These people are fascists -- and that's a difference worth noting. Influential people dismissing this as semantics is what normalizes these maniacs and grants them power.https://t.co/Zi72eDyNaW

— Kris Goldsmith (@KrisGoldsmith85) January 4, 2023

For the record, @SpeakerPelosi never lost a vote on the House floor in her entire tenure as Speaker. Kevin McCarthy has already lost 3.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 4, 2023

anyway -- it's VERY unclear that McCarthy can become speaker. he may be speaker. he may not. mchenry may be speaker. Scalise may be speaker (read AM for more on that). jordan may be! (unlikely, i think).

Very very up in the air.

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 4, 2023

This aged well…https://t.co/RiMbtPK9XS

— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) January 4, 2023

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