{"id":1792857,"date":"2023-01-02T12:51:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T17:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1792857"},"modified":"2023-01-02T12:51:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T17:51:47","slug":"9-republicans-sign-letter-opposing-mccarthys-bid-for-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-republicans-sign-letter-opposing-mccarthys-bid-for-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Republicans Sign Letter Opposing McCarthy\u2019s Bid for Speaker"},"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\">18<\/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%2F9-republicans-sign-letter-opposing-mccarthys-bid-for-speaker%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=1792857&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-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HesPart-of-the-Swamp-GOP-Rebel-Leader-Drops-Hammer-on-McCarthy.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Kevin McCarthy is facing trouble with just 24 hours to convince more than a dozen Republicans to vote for him as Speaker with one dissenter calling him a member of the \u201cswamp cartel.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy would need 218 votes to be elected Speaker. This means that he cannot lose support from four Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Nine Republicans were present on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1609703791846199297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1609703791846199297%7Ctwgr%5E814467fd94bdbd87ce7c6c32338b76f7ce5a44a9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernjournal.com%2Fhouse-conservatives-put-mccarthys-leadership-spot-jeopardy-just-vote-urge-radical-departure-status-quo%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed a letter<\/a> saying that McCarthy\u2019s efforts to woo conservative Republicans were too little, too late.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]he times call for radical departure from the status quo \u2014 not a continuation of past, and ongoing, Republican failures,\u201d The letter contained the following:<\/p>\n<p>The letter was signed by Republican Reps. Scott Perry in Pennsylvania, Chip Roy of Texas and Paul Gosar, Dan Bishop, Andy Harris, Maryland, Chip Roy, and Andrew Clyde, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Reps.-elect Andy Ogles, Anna Paulina Luna, Florida, and Eli Crane, Arizona <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11591229\/Kevin-McCarthys-speakership-jeopardy-nine-House-Republicans-send-stinging-letter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed<\/a> on.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: A new letter has been sent by conservatives stating that McCarthy has not gone far enough.<\/p>\n<p>The letter states that McCarthy has not addressed leadership issues. &#8220;working to defeat conservatives in open primaries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tues Speaker Election, 9 Rs remain skeptical. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DDgIBjPAkk\">pic.twitter.com\/DDgIBjPAkk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1609703791846199297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Fox &#038; Friends was informed Monday by Representative Bob Good that McCarthy is not being allowed to speak. \u201cpart of the problem, not the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy was praised for his role in helping Democrats pass an enormous omnibus spending bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing that indicates to me that he is going to change his pattern since he has been in leadership where he is part of the swamp cartel,\u201d Virginia Republican:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/jon-voight-only-donald-trump-can-stop-the-swamp\/\">Jon Voight: Only Donald Trump Can \u2018Stop the Swamp\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is the reason on the Republican side why we pass massive omnibus spending bills that just got rammed down our throats by Republicans in the Senate. He was part of that in leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing about Kevin McCarthy that indicates he will bring the change that\u2019s needed to Washington or that\u2019s needed in the Congress or he will bring the fight against Biden-Schumer agenda and represent the interest of the voters who sent us to Washington to bring us real change,\u201d Good words.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rep. Matt Gaetz said he won\u2019t be voting for Kevin McCarthy for Speaker because he\u2019s \u201cjust a shill of The Establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye out<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin McCarthy is just a puppet of The Establishment. I am not voting for him. <\/p>\n<p>Most of my Republican colleagues are supporting McCarthy because they receive special interest and lobbyist money redistributed from McCarthy to their campaigns. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bdJmjwy6W7\">pic.twitter.com\/bdJmjwy6W7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1607862616851943425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin McCarthy is facing trouble with just 24 hours to convince more than a dozen Republicans to vote for him as Speaker with one dissenter calling him a member of the \u201cswamp cartel.\u201c McCarthy would need 218 votes to be elected Speaker. This means that he cannot lose support from four Republicans. Nine Republicans were &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1792860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[7564,5458,4509,7563,7566,3819,3756,4723,5654],"class_list":["post-1792857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bid","tag-bongino","tag-letter","tag-mccarthys","tag-opposing","tag-report","tag-republicans","tag-sign","tag-speaker"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1792857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1792860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1792857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1792857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1792857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}