{"id":1739515,"date":"2022-11-15T11:18:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739515"},"modified":"2022-11-15T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:18:21","slug":"mccarthy-gets-a-challenge-for-speaker-but-gavel-is-his-to-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-gets-a-challenge-for-speaker-but-gavel-is-his-to-lose\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy Gets A Challenge For Speaker, But Gavel Is His To Lose"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmccarthy-gets-a-challenge-for-speaker-but-gavel-is-his-to-lose%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739515&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>When Rep. Schuyler Colfax (R-IN) served as speaker of the House for two terms during the Civil War, he said upon taking the gavel he would \u201ccome to this chair to administer rules, but not as a partisan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, that sentiment is laughable today. Now, speakers are highly partisan players who push their own agenda and, with the aptly named aides known as \u201cwhips,\u201d keep party opponents in line through force (or sometimes bribery).<\/p>\n<p>Often, the speaker speaks softly and carries a big gavel. Think Republican Reps. John Boehner of Ohio and Denny Hastert of Illinois. Others, though, have been larger-than-life figures, like Democratic Rep. Thomas \u201cTip\u201d O\u2019Neill of Massachusetts and Republican Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Usually when the House changes hands, the minority leader from the previous Congress is elected speaker. But the last time the GOP had the opportunity to man the position, when Boehner stepped down, they elected Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, that did not work out well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople really don\u2019t like Paul Ryan. But why?\u201d CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/04\/17\/politics\/paul-ryan-donald-trump-poll\">wrote<\/a> in April 2017. That was just a few months after he took the position, making him the third in line of presidential succession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRyan\u2019s approval rating of 29% is lower than the approval ratings for John Boehner (36%), Nancy Pelosi (35%) and Newt Gingrich (43%), measured shortly after each of their terms as Speaker of the House began,\u201d a Pew Research poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2017\/04\/17\/3-views-of-congress\/\">found<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The clear frontrunner for the position ought to be Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the current minority leader in the House. But all that changed when the expected red wave turned out to be a pink trickle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, we were told we were going to have an incredible, incredible wave,\u201d Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), a leader of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbangor.com\/national-news\/freedom-caucus-rep-andy-biggs-says-not-so-fast-to-mccarthy-speakership-after-disappointing-election-results\/\">said<\/a> last week on an online streaming show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that would have been the case, you would say, \u2018Well, OK, Kevin is the presumptive Republican nominee for speaker. But I think we need to have a serious discussion,&#8217;\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy has been on the cusp of holding the gavel before. He was poised to take the slot in 2015 until there was backlash from the party\u2019s conservative flank and Ryan slipped in.<\/p>\n<p>He might face the same headwinds this time around \u2014 plus, he has to juggle the alliances of members loyal to Donald Trump, who lost big in the midterm elections, and those who want to move away from the unpopular former president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarning the majority is only the beginning,\u201d McCarthy wrote Wednesday in a letter to colleagues, in which he asked for their support. He promised to be a \u201clistener\u201d and to strive to \u201cbuild consensus from the bottom-up rather than commanding the agenda from the top-down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have ended one-party Democrat rule in Washington by effectively prosecuting the case against their failed policies while detailing our plan for a new direction with the Commitment to America,\u201d McCarthy wrote. \u201cEven so, I trust you know that earning the majority is only the beginning. Now, we will be measured by what we do with our majority. Now, the real work begins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill on Monday night, McCarthy got a standing ovation, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/14\/politics\/kevin-mccarthy-trump-support\/index.html\">reported<\/a>. But he then \u201cfaced tough questions and complaints from his members who were disappointed in Republicans\u2019 performance in this year\u2019s midterms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biggs, who was endorsed by Trump, on Monday announced he would challenge McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a new paradigm here, and I think the country wants a different direction from the House of Representatives. And it\u2019s a new world, and, yes, I\u2019m going to be nominated tomorrow to \u2014 to the position of Speaker of the House,\u201d Biggs <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/3735560-rep-andy-biggs-to-challenge-mccarthy-for-speaker\/\">said<\/a> on Newsmax on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>He said on the conservative streaming program \u201cThe Absolute Truth with Emerald Robinson\u201d that the GOP caucus should have a \u201cgood discussion\u201d on whether McCarthy is worthy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand why this is just a foregone conclusion,\u201d Briggs said. \u201cI think we need to have a real discussion and see how people respond to the ultimate results of this election and get a feel for his agenda and what he thinks he\u2019s going to accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another Freedom Caucus member, Rep. Bob Good of Virginia, was blunt: \u201cI have personally stated that Kevin McCarthy has not done anything to earn my vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s many times where we have come to \u2026 the minority leader over the last two years and asked him to fight on various opportunities and various issues and I have not seen the demonstrated fight that we\u2019re looking for, for those who would aspire to lead us,\u201d Good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/kevin-mccarthys-bid-house-speaker-jeopardy-rcna56647\">said<\/a> on NBC last week. \u201cAnd so I expect there would be a challenge to him as a speaker candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But yet another Freedom Caucus member, Texas Rep. Troy Nehls, says it\u2019s all over but the shouting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin McCarthy will be the speaker of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Rep. Schuyler Colfax (R-IN) served as speaker of the House for two terms during the Civil War, he said upon taking the gavel he would \u201ccome to this chair to administer rules, but not as a partisan.\u201d Sadly, that sentiment is laughable today. 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