{"id":1794210,"date":"2023-01-03T17:36:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794210"},"modified":"2023-01-03T17:36:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:36:52","slug":"why-did-kevin-mccarthy-wait-so-long-to-try-to-win-people-over-knowing-he-didnt-have-the-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-did-kevin-mccarthy-wait-so-long-to-try-to-win-people-over-knowing-he-didnt-have-the-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCarthy Waited So Long to Win People&#8217;s Trust, Despite the fact that he didn&#8217;t have the votes."},"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\">36<\/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%2Fwhy-did-kevin-mccarthy-wait-so-long-to-try-to-win-people-over-knowing-he-didnt-have-the-votes%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=1794210&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\/4b134547-5ff8-467f-b409-733745e8599f-1110x740-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h6><em>Contributors&#8217; opinions are theirs and may not reflect the views of <a href=\"http:\/\/redstate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RedState.com.<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Today is the day. Kevin McCarthy will be Speaker of House or a compromise candidate will come forward for the second consecutive year in less than a decade. This candidate will take over from McCarthy&#8217;s position.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of ink has been spilled about the McCarthy vote today. One of the more interesting developments came yesterday morning when it turned out there weren\u2019t just five Republicans who were guaranteed \u201cNo\u201d votes, <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/joesquire\/2023\/01\/02\/even-after-making-concessions-kevin-mccarthy-goes-from-5-holdouts-to-14-n682220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but another nine<\/a> who felt McCarthy hadn\u2019t conceded enough to conservatives \u2013 from lowering the threshold for voting to remove a Speaker to allegedly offering to <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6243981\/mccarthy-proposes-gutting-office-of-congressional-ethics-in-bid-for-speaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gut the Office of Congressional Ethics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reporter Chad Pergram posted an interesting tweet this morning from Scott Perry, the Pennsylvania Rep.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GOP PA Rep Scott Perry on Fox: Kevin McCarthy has known for months he doesn\u2019t have 218..but he has dragged..the conference..the Congress and the country..to the brink<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1610256436226924544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is probably one of the most important points that could be brought up, and it\u2019s very indicative of what bothers a lot of conservatives about a McCarthy Speakership \u2013 he has been acting like he\u2019s\u00a0<em>The title<\/em> He is a perfect fit for the job, and has done absolutely nothing to earn it except to wheel and deal his way up to the top.<\/p>\n<p>The entire D.C. establishment \u2013 from Republicans to lobbyists \u2013 has been preparing for a McCarthy speakership. This is a big deal, with major conservative voices such as Charlie Kirk and Mark Levin, plus Congressional conservative favourites like Jim Jordan. The leading class of Republicans and conservatives have decided that they\u2019ve just got to have a smooth transition to leadership rather than fight to make sure that they use their (slim) majority in the most conservative way possible.<\/p>\n<p>But the work to actually secure the votes didn\u2019t start until very recently. Because he just assumed he would walk into the Speaker\u2019s office, he didn\u2019t put in the work to get there. This is a sign of the entitlement mentality many of our elites display. They just assume the position they want will be theirs, and he didn\u2019t actually put any work into securing it. He believed he deserved it.<\/p>\n<p>He already moved his stuff into the office, for God\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McCarthy, the GOP Leader, has moved into the speakers&#8217; suite. However, if he doesn&#8217;t secure 218 he will have his stuff moved back out.\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllieRaffa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AllieRaffa<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lb2swMgQ2p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Lb2swMgQ2p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Haley Talbot (@haleytalbotnbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haleytalbotnbc\/status\/1609961070860374020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But, it\u2019s that entitled behavior \u2013 McCarthy\u2019s assumption that the job should just be his \u2013 that should raise all sorts of red flags. When a politician acts like they deserve the job just for being next in line, it\u2019s no wonder that people would be skeptical. McCarthy hasn\u2019t shown he will move the ball down the field for conservatives. As Erick Erickson <a href=\"https:\/\/ewerickson.substack.com\/p\/its-not-about-who-will-be-but-who\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointed out this morning<\/a>McCarthy has repeatedly turned to Democrats to obtain votes for appropriations bills, thereby sustaining large Washington spending.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ending McCarthy&#8217;s term as Speaker would be the most disruptive and upsetting way for conservatives, to undermine the Washington establishment. McCarthy, the Republican Leader, has not passed any appropriations measures to fund the government, and he relies on Democrats for that.<\/p>\n<p>Ending McCarthy\u2019s chance to be Speaker is the ultimate conservative act. Many people want to know who the replacement is. It really doesn&#8217;t matter much, it just matters that it is not McCarthy. And no plausible alternative is going to step forward until McCarthy is beaten because, again, all of K-Street, the establishment, and the media mouthpieces humping McCarthy\u2019s leg would just destroy them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It appears that a handful of conservatives are picking up on that and the fact that McCarthy\u2019s political career has been more professional ladder climber than conservative stalwart. They are trying to disrupt the system because they believe in the Trump-era mantra of \u201cdraining the swamp\u201d You can run with it.<\/p>\n<p>This would be a major disruption to Washington D.C.&#8217;s status quo and would alarm the Democrats and lobbyists. Is the GOP a party?\u00a0<em>You are required<\/em> Apart from the plan, \u201cStop McCarthy\u201d? No. They didn\u2019t when they stood up to him seven years ago, and the party went with Paul Ryan \u2013 not the most conservative stalwart, either, but had a strong enough grasp on conservative policy that he got the Trump tax cuts across the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the key here for the GOP. They must show that they are able to stand up against the Establishment and make the Establishment move to the left. You don\u2019t need to have a viable alternative. It is enough to make the party change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\nRedstate Video is Trending\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributors&#8217; opinions are theirs and may not reflect the views of RedState.com. Today is the day. Kevin McCarthy will be Speaker of House or a compromise candidate will come forward for the second consecutive year in less than a decade. This candidate will take over from McCarthy&#8217;s position. 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