Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is predicating the prospect of her backing House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for speaker on the establishment of a check and balance system on the speakership.
Refraining from outright opposing him, the Republican firebrand stressed that no agreement had been reached for a mechanism to easily remove McCarthy as speaker down the line but kept her options open during an interview Monday with Real America’s Voice at a Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix."We have to have accountability here, and without that, Kevin McCarthy's not speaker.
"President Trump should take a look at what is being said in the House of Representatives right now," Boebert added. At least one MAGA acolyte, who has been friendly with Gaetz, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene , has backed McCarthy, warning her party not to gamble with the speakership given the GOP's razor-thin margins in the House. When asked about Greene saying McCarthy will be a"great speaker," Boebert took a shot at her colleague."I've been aligned with Marjorie and accused of believing a lot of the things that she believes in. I don’t believe in this just like I don’t believe in ...
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