{"id":1798934,"date":"2023-01-08T09:05:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T14:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1798934"},"modified":"2023-01-08T09:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T14:05:59","slug":"trump-mcconnell-pence-congratulate-mccarthy-after-narrow-speaker-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-mcconnell-pence-congratulate-mccarthy-after-narrow-speaker-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, McConnell, Pence Congratulate McCarthy After Narrow Speaker Win"},"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\">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%2Ftrump-mcconnell-pence-congratulate-mccarthy-after-narrow-speaker-win%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=1798934&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>Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R)Calif.), who became the 55th speaker Of the House of Representatives After 15 rounds of voting, the margin was narrowly in favor of former presidents. President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> Many lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Kevin McCarthy and our GREAT Republican Party,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-mcconnell-schumer-respond-after-kevin-mccarthy-wins-historic-dayslong-house-speaker-bout\">said<\/a> In a previous post Truth Social. \u201cThe \u2018Speaker\u2019 selection process, as crazy as it may seem, has made it all much bigger and more important than if done the more conventional way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The McCarthy was supported by the former president for the post House despite the opposition of hardline members of the party, speaker California lawmaker. Before Vote Trump Had called on House Republicans To unite behind McCarthy<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin McCarthy will do a good job, and maybe even a GREAT JOB\u2014JUST WATCH!\u201d Trump This was said in a Truth Social Comment before the vote<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republican Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell\/status\/1611598165538373632\">Mitch McConnell<\/a>\u00a0He was extended his well wishes \u201cCongratulations to Speaker McCarthy and the Republican House majority. Senate Republicans look forward to working together to check and balance Washington Democrats, bring oversight to this reckless Administration, fight the far left\u2019s radical policies, and defend America.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4627574\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/07\/28\/mitch-mcconnell-1200x800.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4627574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mitch-mcconnell-600x400-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Senate Mitch McConnell\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4627574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mitch-mcconnell-600x400-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Senate Mitch McConnell\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) at a U.S. Press Conference Capitol In Washington, July 26, 2022. (Anna Rose Layden\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Similarly,\u00a0former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mike-pence\">Mike Pence<\/a> This was said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mike_Pence\/status\/1611599419031556098\">Jan. 7 tweet<\/a>: \u201cCongratulations to my friend, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy! I know @GOPLeader Speaker McCarthy will lead the House with Integrity, Skill, and Conservative Principles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPChairwoman\/status\/1611596683128741889\">posted<\/a>: \u201cPelosi has officially been fired and we have a new Speaker! Congratulations to @GOPLeader and the new @HouseGOP majority who will bring much-needed accountability to Biden and Democrats in Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investor Collin Rugg McCarthy was called for \u201cprove [him]self.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin McCarthy is the next speaker of the House. Prove yourself @GOPLeader and launch an immediate investigation into Joe and Hunter Biden,\u201d He\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1611596871348387843\">said<\/a>\u00a0After voting for four days, McCarthy won.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Thirteen] Republican holdouts switched sides to team McCarthy. Major respect to each one of them. They held the line and got what they wanted for the American people,\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1611430273706766337\">said earlier<\/a>\u00a0FridayDuring negotiations between McCarthy, 20 GOP holdouts.<\/p>\n<p>Tom FittonPresident of conservative educational Foundation Judicial WatchMcCarthy was congratulated on being elected speaker at the House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod bless you as you take on this awesome responsibility. You and your colleagues have a Republic to save. God bless and protect America!\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomFitton\/status\/1611596378995625984\">said<\/a> In a Jan. 7 tweet.<\/p>\n<h2>Not Supporting McCarthy<\/h2>\n<p>The Six Republicans Who did not vote for McCarthy in the final election and voted \u201cpresent\u201d Include Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Eli Crane (R-Ariz.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Bob Good (R-Va.), and Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican people voted for a new Republican majority in the House, albeit a small one, as a check on the Biden administration,\u201d  Good A series of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBobGood\/status\/1611509434387238914\">tweets<\/a> On Jan. 6, before the final vote. \u201cAs such, Republicans in the majority must have total confidence in our leader to fight President Biden\u2019s agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe might have had that confidence in Mr. McCarthy if he had shown as much tenacity in fighting against Democratic policies, and for the average American, over the last two years as he has now desperately shown in losing multiple votes to become speaker this past week,\u201d He concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already know what a House under Mr. McCarthy\u2019s leadership looks like. He has had 12 years to prove himself a bold and courageous conservative leader who was willing to stand up against the left\u2019s agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1611598302805430273\">wrote<\/a> In a Jan. 7 tweet: \u201cSpeaker McCarthy\u2019s dream job could turn into a nightmare for the American people. To get the votes, he surrendered to demands of a fringe element of the GOP. Americans want Congress to build on the historic bipartisan achievements from the last two years, not more gridlock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy was elected the House Speaker by securing 216 vote and beating Democrat Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Of New York, who had received 212 votes.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s win was made possible after six of the remaining conservative dissidents, who had initially opposed him from the first vote, ended up voting \u201cpresent.\u201d This cut down the number of members voting to 428, bringing down McCarthy\u2019s vote target from 218 to 216.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-naveen-athrappully\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/NaveenAthrappully.jpg\" alt=\"Naveen Athrappully\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Naveen Athrappully Reporter for news on business and world events. The Epoch Times.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R)Calif.), who became the 55th speaker Of the House of Representatives After 15 rounds of voting, the margin was narrowly in favor of former presidents. President Donald Trump Many lawmakers. \u201cCongratulations to Kevin McCarthy and our GREAT Republican Party,\u201d Trump said In a previous post Truth Social. \u201cThe \u2018Speaker\u2019 selection process, as &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1737647,"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":[5458,13908,3663,5194,11151,4500,3819,5654,3634,7627],"class_list":["post-1798934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-congratulate","tag-mccarthy","tag-mcconnell","tag-narrow","tag-pence","tag-report","tag-speaker","tag-trump","tag-win"],"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\/1798934","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=1798934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1737647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}