House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday told CNBC that he was unsure whether Donald Trump was the GOP’s “strongest” presidential candidate going into 2024. Just hours later, he backtracked.
that he was unsure whether Donald Trump was the GOP’s “strongest” presidential candidate going into 2024. Just hours later, he backtracked.later that day, McCarthy claimed he didn’t mean for his earlier statement to be a knock on Trump.
The apparent about-face from McCarthy comes after he was questioned about Trump’s presidential odds against Biden by CNBC’s Joe Kernen Tuesday morning—to which McCarthy responded with a slew of hypothetical questions.
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