Kevin McCarthy may no longer be Speaker of the House, but that doesn’t seem to be affecting his assessment of Donald Trump.
McCarthy (R-Calif.) argued Thursday that Trump is in a dominant position in both the Republican primary and the 2024 general election, 12 months before voters go to the polls.
“If you look at the numbers, President Trump is stronger today than he was in 2016. President Biden is weak,” McCarthy told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “If you look at the latest polls and those swing states, President Trump is stronger than he has been in the past.”
The former president’s comments came just over four months after McCarthy irritated Trump World by questioning on the same show whether the 77-year-old was positioned as the “strongest to win the election.”
McCarthy quickly backtracked and has since boosted Trump’s prospects in multiple subsequent interviews, including defeating the former president’s main rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Kevin McCarthy assessed that Donald Trump has a strong position in the 2024 elections.REUTERS
“I don’t think Ron DeSantis is doing well. You know, he started very strongly; he’s going down,” McCarthy said. “Nikki Haley seems to be improving quite a bit. I think Tim Scott would also be an excellent vice president.”
“But that’s a choice for President Trump, whoever wins the nomination.”
Trump had been a key ally as McCarthy fought to maintain control of the presidency, which he ultimately lost on October 3.
The former president predicted that President Biden will find it difficult to overcome the age factor. AP McCarthy said Trump is in a dominant position in both the 2024 Republican primary and the general election, 12 months before voters go to the polls.
McCarthy also weighed in on the fallout from this week’s election, in which Republican and conservative candidates and causes suffered losses in Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
He attributed the setbacks in Virginia to redistricting and emphasized that the GOP has been on a slow upward trajectory in the House of Representatives since after the 2018 midterm elections.
“Republicans are stronger heading into the next election, a year from now, than they have been in the last two election cycles,” McCarthy surmised. “President Biden cannot solve his problem. His problem is his age.”
Biden, already the oldest president in US history, will turn 81 on November 20, three days after the deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown.
Mike Johnson managed to ascend to the presidency with an entire block of Republican support.
The latest fight over government funding paved the way for an anti-McCarthy mutiny led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). McCarthy drew Gaetz’s ire by proposing a vote on a stopgap resolution to keep federal operations running.
“The last 45 days, when next week comes around, were designed for us to go to conference and resolve the differences between the Senate and the House,” McCarthy lamented.
“Unfortunately, we went through a speaking race and didn’t have time to do all this. So we are back to square one.”
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He said the Republican Party would benefit “tremendously” if Gaetz were not in the House.
And he says Nancy Mace doesn’t deserve to be re-elected.
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New Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has been floating different plans to avoid a shutdown, including a so-called tiered CR that features sunset provisions, pushing Congress to pass each of the traditional 12 separate appropriations bills. .
That concept seems impossible to Democrats, who have demanded an unconditional spending patch.
“I don’t see them doing that to President Johnson now,” McCarthy said when asked about a riot if he mentions a CR.
Kevin McCarthy aired his grievances against the eight Republicans who turned against him. cnn
In a separate interview, which will air on CNN on Sunday, McCarthy aired his grievances against the eight “crazy” Republicans who joined with 208 Democrats to unseat him.
“Tremendously,” McCarthy told CNN in a preview clip when asked how much House Republicans would benefit if Gaetz left.
“People have to earn the right to be here,” McCarthy continued. “He will admit to you personally that he doesn’t have a conservative bent in the philosophy of it and just in the nature of what he focuses on.”
Matt Gaetz leads the charge to remove the former president.AP
The Golden State congressman stopped short of endorsing Gaetz’s expulsion, but said, “I don’t think the conference will ever heal if there are no consequences for the action.”
As for Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who joined the revolt, McCarthy predicted she will struggle for re-election after he previously helped her raise funds.
“Not for this. I mean, if you’ve watched her, just her philosophy and her changes, I don’t think she’ll win re-election,” the former spokesperson surmised.
Nancy Mace stands by her decision to attack Kevin McCarthy.Getty Images
Gaetz responded by saying “thoughts and prayers for the former speaker as he works through his grief.” Mace defended his vote against McCarthy and accused him of “lying to him all the time.”
McCarthy’s impeachment marked the first time in American history that a sitting president was removed by a House vote.
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