{"id":1780577,"date":"2022-12-19T16:33:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T21:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1780577"},"modified":"2022-12-19T16:33:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T21:33:03","slug":"the-kiss-of-death-trump-backs-mccarthy-bid-for-house-speakership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-kiss-of-death-trump-backs-mccarthy-bid-for-house-speakership\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kiss Of Death? Trump Backs McCarthy Bid For House Speakership"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fthe-kiss-of-death-trump-backs-mccarthy-bid-for-house-speakership%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=1780577&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>House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) wants to become speaker of the House, but at least five Republicans have said they won\u2019t support him.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a big problem because the GOP controls the chamber by a 222-213 margin, and losing five votes would put McCarthy below the 218-vote majority he needs to wield the gavel.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Donald Trump. The former president is throwing his endorsement to McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like him,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/12\/16\/exclusive-trump-backs-mccarthy-speaker-tells-opponents-stand-down-think-deserves-shot\/\">told<\/a> Breitbart News. He added that Republicans need to band together to back a single candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a very dangerous game that\u2019s being played,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very dangerous game. Some bad things could happen. Look, we had [former Speaker John] Boehner and he was a strange person but we ended up with Paul Ryan who was 10 times worse. Paul Ryan was an incompetent speaker. I think he goes down as the worst speaker in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took [out] Boehner\u2014and a group of people, some of whom are the same, and they\u2019re very good friends of mine. All those people are very good friends of mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump said, \u201cI support McCarthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I think this: Kevin has worked very hard,\u201d Trump said. \u201cHe is just\u2014it\u2019s been exhausting. If you think, he\u2019s been all over. I think he deserves the shot. Hopefully he\u2019s going to be very strong and going to be very good and he\u2019s going to do what everybody wants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president also touted his track record in elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody wants my support,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI was 99 percent on endorsements [in the primary]. I don\u2019t know the percentage but I was 233 and 22 on [the] general election. Everybody would say that \u2018yeah for the nomination he\u2019s incredible but for the general election. \u2026\u2019 But what\u2019s that percentage? 233 and 22\u2014it\u2019s incredible. They always want my endorsement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/06\/us\/politics\/trump-candidate-endorsement-georgia.html\">pointed<\/a> out that Trump-backed candidates lost in some of the most important races in the 2022 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Trump backed five candidates in the 36 most competitive House races, as determined by Cook Political Report: All five lost. In eight races across seven states where Trump\u2019s super political action committee spent money, he won one (the Senate seat for Ohio) and lost six (Arizona governor and Senate, Michigan governor, Nevada Senate, Pennsylvania and Georgia Senate).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia also threw his support to McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember that McCarthy\u2019s leadership began with his amazing recruiting and support in the 2020 cycle. He shocked the experts who expected the House Republicans to lose 25 seats. Thanks to his leadership, Republicans won 14 seats. That was a swing of 39 seats from the predictions,\u201d Gingrich <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gingrich360.com\/2022\/12\/14\/kevin-mccarthy-earning-the-speakership\/\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cMcCarthy has been the most aggressive recruiter in history. He has found and pulled in a historic number of new members \u2013 and significantly broadened the GOP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the 2020 cycle, the House GOP had 228 women candidates and 192 minority candidates. By the 2022 cycle this had grown to 298 women candidates and 248 minority candidates, and 252 veterans. McCarthy\u2019s commitment to a broader, more diverse, and open GOP is being translated into reality,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"3953564a5c49515a4c4b55795d585055404e504b5c175a5654\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a> and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) wants to become speaker of the House, but at least five Republicans have said they won\u2019t support him. 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