Kevin McCarthy Continues Unchanged After Six Months
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Kevin McCarthy Continues Unchanged After Six Months

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Bakersfield, California, product Kevin McCarthy may no longer be in the House speaker’s chair, but the traits that got him there — and arguably also resulted in him being the first speaker ever ousted — remained on display Tuesday night. “‘Who do you think leaked it?’” he said Trump asked. McCarthy said the key difference was the number of electoral votes Republicans challenged on Trump’s behalf was not actually enough to overturn the election. Can you answer the question?’” McCarthy also blamed fellow former Speaker Nancy Pelosi for politicizing so much during her final tenure from 2019 to 2023, including, he said, the reaction of the House sergeant-at-arms, who is partially in charge of security for the Capitol, to Jan. 6. And I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker: because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old,” McCarthy said.

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Kevin McCarthy endorses Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet
1 year ago

Kevin McCarthy endorses Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Retiring Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the ousted former House speaker, said he is endorsing Donald Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet if the GOP front-runner were to win back the White House. McCarthy had a rocky relationship with the former president, notably when he declined to publicly support Trump’s bid for a second term, …

Editorial: Kevin McCarthy quits Congress. It’s poetic justice for the Trump apologist
1 year ago

Editorial: Kevin McCarthy quits Congress. It’s poetic justice for the Trump apologist

LA Times  

Rep. Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as speaker of the House on Oct. 3. But we don’t believe for a minute that’s the reason former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy decided to step down at the end of the month after 17 years in Congress. In the end, however, McCarthy couldn’t manage the unruly conference and …

Angry Kevin McCarthy cursed out Trump in tense phone call after his ouster: report
1 year ago

Angry Kevin McCarthy cursed out Trump in tense phone call after his ouster: report

Raw Story  

A new report in the Washington Post details a tense phone call that occurred between Rep. Kevin McCarthy and former President Donald Trump shortly after McCarthy was ousted as speaker this year. In a phone call with Trump this past October, the former president told McCarthy that he didn't do enough to save his job from the rebellion led by …

McCarthy visited Mar-a-Lago after Jan 6 because Trump was depressed, book claims
1 year ago

McCarthy visited Mar-a-Lago after Jan 6 because Trump was depressed, book claims

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Republican house speaker Kevin McCarthy visited Donald Trump three weeks …

Angry and frustrated, McCarthy challenges right-flank colleagues to try to oust him from his post
1 year, 3 months ago

Angry and frustrated, McCarthy challenges right-flank colleagues to try to oust him from his post

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Angry, frustrated and unable to lead a fractured and unruly Republican majority, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday told the colleagues threatening to oust him: Do it. A top Trump ally, Gaetz reiterated the conservative flank’s many demands after McCarthy’s meeting — single-subject spending bills, a subpoena for Hunter Biden in the impeachment inquiry and other priorities. “Kevin …

Kevin McCarthy lets it slip he thinks Trump is going to jail
1 year, 6 months ago

Kevin McCarthy lets it slip he thinks Trump is going to jail

Raw Story  

Speaking briefly to reporters on Tuesday to complain about Hunter Biden not being sent to prison for two misdemeanor tax charges, Speaker Kevin McCarthy let it slip he believes former President Donald Trump will be sent to jail. Reporters asked McCarthy about the recent misdemeanor charges for the president's son, and he compared them to the accusations of Trump taking …

'We'll see what happens': Trump declines to back up McCarthy after three failed Speaker votes
1 year, 11 months ago

'We'll see what happens': Trump declines to back up McCarthy after three failed Speaker votes

Raw Story  

On Tuesday, NBC News reporter Garrett Haake revealed the former President Donald Trump is no longer publicly committing to supporting House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy after he became the first party leader to lose his initial election for Speaker since 1923. On the first two ballots, McCarthy lost 19 Republicans, with all five of the so-called "Never Kevin" caucus voted …

McCarthy ditches weekly press conference and reporters after being served Jan. 6 subpoena
2 years, 7 months ago

McCarthy ditches weekly press conference and reporters after being served Jan. 6 subpoena

Raw Story  

House Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is not holding his usual weekly press conference Friday, one day after the Select Committee on the January 6 Attack served him with a subpoena demanding his testimony. McCarthy also refused to talk to reporters asking if he plans to honor the subpoena, as CNN's Manu Raju reports. The nation's second-most-powerful elected Republican, who …

Kevin McCarthy Quiet After Getting Caught In Lie About Suggesting Trump Resign
2 years, 8 months ago

Kevin McCarthy Quiet After Getting Caught In Lie About Suggesting Trump Resign

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said nothing on Friday after an audio recording exposed him brazenly lying about his own reaction to the Jan. 6 insurrection. McCarthy on Thursday flatly denied a New York Times report that he planned to tell President Donald Trump to resign after the Capitol riot. Hours after he called the report “totally …

Audio: McCarthy said he would urge Trump to resign
2 years, 8 months ago

Audio: McCarthy said he would urge Trump to resign

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told fellow GOP lawmakers shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection that he would urge then-President Donald Trump to resign, according to audio posted Thursday night by The New York Times and aired on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show. In the recording of a Jan. 10 House Republican Leadership call, McCarthy is heard …

GOP leader McCarthy says he won’t cooperate with 1/6 panel
2 years, 11 months ago

GOP leader McCarthy says he won’t cooperate with 1/6 panel

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection requested an interview and records from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, as it continues to seek first-hand details from members of Congress on former President Donald Trump’s actions on the day hundreds of his supporters brutally beat police, stormed the building and interrupted the certification of the 2020 …

The real reason Kevin McCarthy just talked for 8 hours straight
3 years, 1 month ago

The real reason Kevin McCarthy just talked for 8 hours straight

CNN  

CNN — Here’s what Kevin McCarthy wants you to think about his 8+ hour floor speech in opposition to President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” social safety net plan: He believes that the legislation is so harmful to American society that he was compelled to hold the House floor for much of Thursday night and Friday morning in order to …

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