Political action groups affiliated with former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy shelled out millions to support the same Republicans who ousted him Tuesday.
Just last year, the California congressman’s affiliated leadership PAC contributed nearly $100,000 to eight members of Congress who voted to strip him of his Speaker role just three days into nine months at the helm.
“I helped a lot of them get elected, so I probably should have chosen someone else,” McCarthy told the National Review after the betrayal.
The McCarthy Majority Caucus made significant contributions to the 2022 campaigns of Matt Rosendale of Montana, Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Tim Burchett of Tennessee, campaign finance records show.
The PAC also donated $5,000 each to Eli Crane of Arizona and Bob Good of Virginia.
Last year, the McCarthy-affiliated leadership PAC contributed nearly $100,000 to eight members of Congress who voted to strip him of his APRep Speaker role. Bob Good (R-VA) benefited financially from McCarthy’s PAC, but was still one of eight Republicans who voted against the president. Getty Images Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) received $5,000 from McCarthy’s PAC.Getty Images
Representatives Cory Mills of Florida, Victoria Spartz of Indiana and Warren Davidson of Ohio, who originally supported McCarthy’s impeachment but ultimately voted to keep him as speaker, also each received $10,000 from the Majority Committee.
The PAC also contributed $15,000 to the Spartz-affiliated Free Market Fund PAC and $10,000 to the Mace-affiliated Must Act to Create Excellence PAC.
Mace and Crane’s 2022 campaigns also received respective donations of $5,000 and $10,000 from the Congressional Leadership Fund, another McCarthy-affiliated PAC, in 2022.
Crane received an additional $900,000 in contributions from the group to spend on advertising, according to a Politico report in January.
The 2022 campaign of Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT), a member of the House Freedom Caucus, received significant contributions from the former president’s PAC. Getty Images A Must Act to Create Excellence PAC affiliated with Nancy Mace won $10,000 from McCarthy’s PAC along with another $5,000 donation to the congresswoman’s campaign.Getty ImagesRep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) was among several campaigns that asked for financial help before voting to unseat McCarthy.Getty Images
McCarthy raised a total of $65.2 million for House Republicans this election cycle, through July, according to National Review.
Andy Biggs of Arizona and Ken Buck of Colorado, as well as charge leader Matt Gaetz of Florida, were the only members of the GOP to oust McCarthy and who did not receive contributions from the former president’s PACs.
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