{"id":1794304,"date":"2023-01-03T21:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T02:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794304"},"modified":"2023-01-03T21:49:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T02:49:21","slug":"trump-appears-to-flip-on-kevin-mccarthy-after-calling-him-my-kevin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-appears-to-flip-on-kevin-mccarthy-after-calling-him-my-kevin\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump appears to be receptive to Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s calls after calling him \u2018My Kevin\u2019"},"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\">28<\/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%2Ftrump-appears-to-flip-on-kevin-mccarthy-after-calling-him-my-kevin%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=1794304&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<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> appeared to flip on Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) during an interview Tuesday night when asked about whether or not he still supports McCarthy\u2019s bid for House Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has previously supported McCarthy, and even referred back to him as \u201cMy Kevin,\u201d but that was before a small group of Republicans denied McCarthy\u2019s bid to be House Speaker Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News Senior Capitol Hill Correspondent Garrett Haake tweeted: \u201cFormer President Trump declined to say if he\u2019s sticking by his endorsement of Kevin McCarthy for speaker tonight, telling me in a brief phone interview he\u2019s had calls all day asking for support, and \u2018We\u2019ll see what happens. We\u2019ll see how it all works out.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I asked directly if he was sticking by McCarthy, who did not clinch the gavel today after three floor votes, Mr. Trump told me \u2018we\u2019ll see what happens,\u2019 and ended our conversation,\u201d Haake was also added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump answered my question directly when I asked him if he would stick by McCarthy, who didn&#8217;t win the gavel today, after three floor votes. &#8220;we&#8217;ll see what happens,&#8221; We ended the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GarrettHaake\/status\/1610408984539717634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McCarthy received 203 votes during the first round of voting. Rep. Hakeem Jeffreyries (D-NY), received 212 votes. Rep. Andy Biggs received 10 votes. Rep. Jim Jordan received six votes. Rep. Jim Banks received one vote. Former Rep. Lee Zeldin received one vote. Rep. Byron Donalds received one vote.<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans who blocked McCarthy\u2019s bid during the first round included Reps. Dan Bishop (NC), Lauren Boebert (CO), Josh Brecheen (OK), Mike Cloud (TX), Andrew Clyde (GA), Eli Crane (AZ), Matt Gaetz (FL), Bob Good (VA), Paul Gosar (AZ), Andy Harris (MD), Anna Paulina Luna (FL), Mary Miller (IL), Ralph Norman (SC), Andy Ogles (TN), Scott Perry (PA), Matt Rosendale (MT), Chip Roy (TX), Keith Self (TX), and Andy Biggs (AZ).<\/p>\n<p>Trump has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/12\/16\/exclusive-trump-backs-mccarthy-speaker-tells-opponents-stand-down-think-deserves-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a> House Republicans are playing games with the Speaker Race<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like him,\u201d In December, Trump spoke out about McCarthy. \u201cI think it\u2019s a very dangerous game that\u2019s being played. It\u2019s a very dangerous game. Some bad things could happen. Look, we had Boehner and he was a strange person but we ended up with Paul Ryan who was ten times worse. Paul Ryan was an incompetent speaker. I think he goes down as the worst speaker in history. We 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>\u201cLook, I think this: Kevin has worked very hard,\u201d Trump continued. \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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump appeared to flip on Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) during an interview Tuesday night when asked about whether or not he still supports McCarthy\u2019s bid for House Speaker. 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