“I earned this job,” Kevin McCarthy told his members Tuesday morning. On the first ballot for speaker, not nearly enough House members agreed with him. (via MaddowBlog)
The 2020 midterm elections were exactly eight weeks ago today. In their aftermath, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy seemed to realize that if he wanted to become speaker, he’d need to start negotiating and bartering with his intra-party detractors. The Californian assumed he’d figure out a way to reach an agreement with his own members.
That assumption was overly optimistic. Indeed, after months of behind-the-scenes talks, and the rollout ofdesigned to make his far-right members happy, McCarthy conceded this morning — just hours ahead of his fateful floor vote — that he hadn’t yet secured the GOP votes he’d need to claim the gavel. But in a curious tactical move, the incumbent Republican leader oversaw a House GOP conference meeting this morning, not offering more concessions, but instead insisting that he was entitled to the leadership office. “I earned this job,” McCarthy
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