Kevin McCarthy seems destined to face a vote to remove him as speaker this week. Will Trump weigh in for McCarthy? Would it matter?
But McCarthy’s detractors don’t seem to think Trump will speak up for McCarthy.
Other Freedom Caucus members and allies also projected confidence that Trump would stay out of the fray. said. Burchett seemed to mean that Trump wouldn’t speak out against McCarthy, but he also predicted that Trump wouldn’t say anything., one Republican lawmaker who spoke with Trump about the shutdown said the ex-president’s been paying attention to the House chaos, but gave “no mention” of supporting McCarthy’s ouster during their conversation.
at the beginning of the Congress. But members were careful to say—including this one—that they have no indication Trump has turned on McCarthy.“If you think back even to the very beginning of the year, when it took us 15 votes to make him Speaker of the House, President Trump was very supportive of Kevin McCarthy at that time,” Hunt said.
For some Republicans, crossing Trump on any issue is anathema. Rep. Ronny Jackson , who served as Trump’s personal physician while he was in office, was clear that what Trump said on McCarthy would matter.But Trump’s influence on GOP leadership elections hasn’t exactly held the sway that he or his allies may present.
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