{"id":2028504,"date":"2023-09-11T19:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T23:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-faces-a-perfect-storm-and-he-doesnt-have-long\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T19:32:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T23:32:31","slug":"mccarthy-faces-a-perfect-storm-and-he-doesnt-have-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-faces-a-perfect-storm-and-he-doesnt-have-long\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy in Dire Straits, Time Running Out"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fmccarthy-faces-a-perfect-storm-and-he-doesnt-have-long%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=2028504&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--><h2>Is Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy \u2064in trouble?<\/h2>\n<p>One \u2063veteran congressman is warning that the\u2063 California Republican faces a \u200d\u201cperfect storm\u201d within his own caucus that could threaten his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>GOP Rep. Ken\u2062 Buck of Colorado cited McCarthy\u2019s varying promises to Republicans to secure his speakership\u2062 earlier\u200b this year.<\/p>\n<p>Buck spoke Sunday on\u200c MSNBC with former Biden administration \u200bWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki about three issues facing House Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn\u200d the one hand, we\u2019ve got to pass a continuing resolution,\u201d \u200bhe said of \u200dfunding the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also have \u2063the impeachment issue,\u201d Buck said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we also have\u2062 members of the House, led by my good friend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chip-roy-goes-scorched-earth-tells-biden-can-go-straight-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chip Roy<\/a>, who are concerned about \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-kudlow-says-govt-should-not-intervene-in-gamestop-trading-frenzy\/\" title=\"Larry Kudlow says govt. should not intervene in GameStop trading frenzy\">policy issues<\/a>. They\u200b want riders in\u200b the appropriations bills, amendments in the appropriations bills that guarantee some type of security on our southern border,\u201d the Colorado congressman \u200btold Psaki.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mccarthy-says-move-impeachment-next-month-biden-doesnt-comply-demands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCarthy<\/a> over the three priorities is\u200c amounting to a \u201cperfect storm\u201d \u2064for the speaker, according to Buck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you take those things put together, and Kevin McCarthy, the speaker, has made promises on each \u200bof those issues to different groups,\u201d he said.\u200b \u201cAnd now it is all \u200dcoming \u200bdue\u200c at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-faces-a-perfect-storm-and-he-doesnt-have-long\/\" title=\"McCarthy in Dire Straits, Time Running Out\">spending bill poses<\/a> a particularly\u200b thorny problem for \u200dMcCarthy, Buck said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt \u200cis going to be very difficult to \u2063pass a continuing resolution with Republican votes \u2014 only\u200d Republican votes,\u201d the congressman said.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2063he said, if McCarthy \u201creaches across the aisle and gets Democrat votes and goes \u2064with \u2064a higher \u2062number\u2062 than he has promised before\u200d \u2026\u00a0\u2062 that will cause him problems down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>In\u2063 January, McCarthy \u2063\u2014\u2063 in order to secure his position \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-mccarthy-won-speakers-gavel-chaotic-series-votes-comes-next-may-even-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agreed to House\u200d rules<\/a> \u200c in which one member can make a\u2062 motion to\u2063 vacate the speaker\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n<p>In spite \u2063of that, Buck\u200c predicted\u200b the speaker would weather the storm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see anybody\u2062 else that really has risen\u2062 up and is willing to take on this job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-congressman-physically-restrained-matt-gaetz-refuses-vote-mccarthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">longtime<\/a> McCarthy critic \u2014 proposed working with Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California to\u2063 strip McCarthy \u2064of his position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I make a motion to remove Kevin, how [many] democrat votes can I count on?\u201d Gaetz said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a>. \u2064\u201cAsking for a friend\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hi, Eric.<\/p>\n<p>If I make a motion to \u2063remove Kevin, how may democrat votes\u200b can I count \u2063on?<\/p>\n<p>Asking\u200d for a friend\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Gaetz\u200d (@mattgaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1701044659642904610?\">September 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Buck also cautioned House Republicans against pursuing a hasty impeachment\u200c of President Joe Biden, \u200ddescribing it\u2063 as \u200ca fool\u2019s \u200berrand distracting from \u200bpressing policy\u2064 issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf \u200dwe start going down\u200c these paths that really bear\u2064 no fruit \u2014 we are not going to get an impeachment through the Senate,\u201d\u2063 the\u2063 congressman said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Is McCarthy \u2063a good\u2063 House speaker?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this \u200bpoll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. 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Hunter Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the congressman said, \u201cThere is not a strong connection at this point between the\u2062 evidence \u2064on Hunter\u200b Biden and any evidence connecting the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mccarthy-faces-perfect-storm-doesnt-long\/\">McCarthy Faces\u2063 a\u2062 &#8216;Perfect Storm,&#8217; And He Doesn&#8217;t Have Long<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House, in jeopardy? A veteran congressman cautions that the California Republican confronts a &#8220;perfect storm&#8221; within his caucus, endangering his leadership. GOP Rep. Ken Buck from Colorado highlights McCarthy&#8217;s inconsistent pledges to Republicans, which secured his speakership. 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