Kevin McCarthy's strategy of pressuring and shaming his defectors didn't work. What's next?
McCarthy, unable to reach such an agreement with the holdouts, chose on Tuesday to isolate and shame them into submission.
In a meeting with House Republicans that kicked off the day, McCarthy rallied his members by telling them that he “earned this job. We earned this majority, and God damnit we are going to win it today.” He was not above calling out specific members for trying to feather their own nests at the expense of their fellow members and Republican voters. He told reporters that on Monday he was told he could only get 218 votes if he gave certain members plum committee spots. He called out Florida Rep.
Some members are charlatans who just want to raise money and extort McCarthy into giving them committee slots they don’t deserve. Others genuinely do want rules changes that they believe would make it easier to rein in government spending. What makes this difficult for McCarthy, though, is that a core bloc of the 20 rebels just don’t trust the guy. McCarthy has served in leadership with Speakers Boehner and Ryan, who were often in conflict with the far-right elements of their caucus.
McCarthy is viewed, by some of these conservatives, as another product of the same bipartisan system that jams members with trillion-dollar spending bills on Christmas Eve. Yes, he’s has been striking a in recent months as he has tried to win conservative votes. But if the underlying problem is trust, how does McCarthy changing his tune now allay that?
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