{"id":2104960,"date":"2023-11-21T14:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-gop-infighting-is-putting-a-controversial-candidate-and-the-house-majority-at-risk\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T14:31:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:31:41","slug":"how-gop-infighting-is-putting-a-controversial-candidate-and-the-house-majority-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-gop-infighting-is-putting-a-controversial-candidate-and-the-house-majority-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"How GOP infighting is putting a controversial candidate and the House majority at risk"},"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\">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%2Fhow-gop-infighting-is-putting-a-controversial-candidate-and-the-house-majority-at-risk%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=2104960&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>The Fallout from \u2063the House Speaker Battle: McCarthy&#8217;s \u200cFundraising Woes<\/h2>\n<p>The House speaker \u200dbattle\u200b and weeks of GOP infighting are coming \u2062back to haunt House \u2062Republicans who relied on Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for significant fundraising and \u2064campaign boosting.<\/p>\n<p>When McCarthy sought the speakership in \u200dJanuary, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) warned the Republican conference&#8217;s \u200bholdouts \u200cabout the strength of the California Republican&#8217;s purse strings, posting on X, &#8220;How \u200dmuch\u2063 money did they \u2064take from McCarthy to\u200c get elected over the years?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A Warning Comes Full Circle<\/h3>\n<p>Now, after \u2062McCarthy was\u200b ousted in part due to eight House\u2063 Republicans in October and \u2063the conference went without consensus on a new speaker for three weeks, \u200bVan Orden&#8217;s reelection campaign may fall\u200d victim to the very thing he\u200b warned about.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 freshman Wisconsin Republican&#8217;s seat is one of 33 \u200dbeing targeted by the Democratic\u2063 Congressional Campaign Committee in the 2024 election. Van Orden lost his bid in \u20642020 to former Democratic Rep. Ron Kind but then \u2064flipped the district from\u2064 blue to\u2064 red for the first time since 1994 by\u200c just under 12,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The nonpartisan Cook Political Report has slipped his district&#8217;s rating from &#8220;likely&#8221; Republican to &#8220;lean&#8221; Republican, putting him one step closer to a toss-up \u200brace in a swing district. In its attempts to\u2064 flip the seat back to blue, the DCCC\u2064 is noting Van\u200c Orden&#8217;s support for House Speaker\u2064 Mike \u2064Johnson (R-LA), \u200dparticularly regarding the speaker \u200bembracing comments that the 2020 election was stolen.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMore \u200band more light is shining on Derrick Van Orden\u2019s \u200bextreme record and inappropriate behavior, and \u200dWisconsin\u200c voters are taking note,\u201d DCCC spokeswoman\u2064 Mallory Payne said \u2064in a statement after Van Orden&#8217;s\u200b Cook\u200d Political Report rating was downgraded. \u201cAs Van Orden continues \u200cto embrace an extreme agenda and bully everyone around him, Wisconsinites will be ready to send \u200dhim packing next November.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Impact of McCarthy&#8217;s Fundraising<\/h3>\n<p>Van Orden relied \u200bheavily\u2063 on McCarthy&#8217;s fundraising when he was House speaker, as did most Republicans. McCarthy&#8217;s campaign raised\u200c more than 20 times what Johnson hauled in for the \u200b2022 \u2062cycle and 2024 cycle \u2063so far, \u200bPolitico reported. In the second quarter, McCarthy hauled in $21.7 million for House\u2064 Republicans and raised $15.3 million in the last quarter\u2064 as speaker.<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin \u2062Republican received over $355,000 from McCarthy and his\u200c organizations over the three years \u2064that he ran for and held a seat in the House, \u2064the Messenger reported. Of the $355,000, $323,000 came from Protect \u2063The House 2024 initiative, a group formed to keep the Republican&#8217;s narrow majority in the lower \u2062chamber. Van Orden also received $30,000 from\u2063 McCarthy&#8217;s Majority Committee leadership PAC throughout his two campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>With McCarthy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-stocks-got-crushed-this-year-with-amazon-losing-half-its-value\/\" title=\"Technology stocks were crushed this year, with Amazon losing half of its value\">steady cash flow<\/a>\u2064 up in the air, Van Orden may need other Republican \u200cgroups to donate money to his campaign. However, that may be hard to come\u200b by, particularly due to his tense relationships with his GOP colleagues.<\/p>\n<h3>Tensions and Controversies<\/h3>\n<p>In July, Van Orden received heavy criticism\u200d from Senate \u2062leaders, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), for\u2064 yelling and\u200d cursing at Senate pages during a tour of the Capitol. He did not deny the events and \u2064did not apologize \u2063to\u2064 the pages, instead stating \u2062that\u200b the Capitol &#8220;should \u2062never be treated like a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-derrick-van-orden-on-defense-after-cursing-at-teenage-senate-pages-i-dont-give-a-f-who-you-are-get-out\/\" title=\"Rep. Derrick Van Orden defends his actions towards Senate pages: 'I don't care who you are. Leave.'\">frat house common room<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Threatening a congressman with \u2062bad\u2063 press\u200c to excuse poor behavior is a reminder \u200cof everything that\u2019s wrong with Washington,&#8221; \u2064Van\u2064 Orden said at the\u2063 time after a transcript\u200c of the interaction was released. &#8220;Luckily, bad press has\u200d never bothered me, and if it&#8217;s the price I pay to stand up for what&#8217;s right, then \u200dso be it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since then, he&#8217;s been antagonistic to fellow House Republicans, particularly Rep. Matt\u200c Gaetz (R-FL), who was\u200d the leader \u200dof the eight GOP members who voted to \u200coust McCarthy. He\u200d called Gaetz a &#8220;child&#8221; after McCarthy&#8217;s removal. Though vocally\u2064 supporting Johnson, Van Orden was also the only House\u2064 Republican who\u200b did not cast a vote for him because he was absent on a trip to Israel in the wake \u200cof the Jewish state&#8217;s war\u200c against Hamas.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact on \u2062Fundraising<\/h3>\n<p>Johnson made significant fundraising \u200chauls for the National\u2064 Republican Congressional Committee in the days after his speakership election. Five days after receiving the gavel, the \u200cNRCC reported a one-day haul of $175,000 for online fundraising and a\u200c total weekend haul of $475,000 one \u2064day later. Roughly 75% of the total was collected from emails that were \u200csigned \u2062by Johnson directly.<\/p>\n<p>However, the NRCC&#8217;s fundraising has lagged in the almost month after the contentious speakership election. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-gop-infighting-is-putting-a-controversial-candidate-and-the-house-majority-at-risk\/\" title=\"How GOP infighting is putting a controversial candidate and the House majority at risk\">committee reported raising slightly<\/a> over $5 \u200cmillion in October, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That\u2019s about half \u200dof what\u2062 the committee raised at \u2063the same point in past off-year cycles: about $10\u2063 million in \u200cOctober 2019 and $9.8 million in October 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house-speaker-battle-mccarthy-fundraising-woes\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE\u2062 FROM \u2063THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What role has House Speaker Mike \u200bJohnson&#8217;s support played in further alienating Van Orden from mainstream Republicans?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  S during a visit to the Capitol. The \u2064incident raised concerns about Van Orden&#8217;s temperament and ability to work \u200bcollaboratively with fellow Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Van Orden has faced backlash for his support of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s false claims of a stolen election. \u2062He \u200bhas embraced \u200cconspiracy theories and has been\u2064 vocal about his belief that \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-president-trump-is-wrong-i-had-no-right-to-overturn-the-election\/\" title=\"Mike Pence: \u2018President Trump Is Wrong\u2019; \u2018I Had No Right to Overturn the Election\u2019\">widespread voter fraud occurred<\/a> in\u2062 the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>These controversies\u200b and divisive positions have strained Van Orden&#8217;s relationships within the Republican Party. His support for House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has also\u200c embraced \u200cthe\u200d narrative of a stolen \u200belection,\u200c has \u2063further alienated him from mainstream \u200cRepublicans.<\/p>\n<h3>The Road Ahead<\/h3>\n<p>As Van Orden faces\u2062 a \u2064challenging reelection campaign in 2024, the fallout from\u200d the House speaker battle and McCarthy&#8217;s fundraising woes may have a significant impact on his \u2062prospects. Without McCarthy&#8217;s financial support, he \u2062will need to rely on other sources of funding, which may\u200c be scarce given\u2062 his strained relationships \u2062within \u200dthe party.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u200cthe Democratic Congressional\u2062 Campaign Committee&#8217;s targeting \u2062of Van Orden&#8217;s seat and their focus on his support for controversial positions may further damage his chances of retaining\u200d his\u2064 seat in a\u2062 swing district.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the fallout \u200cfrom the GOP infighting \u2062and \u200bMcCarthy&#8217;s ousting as House speaker has come full circle for Van Orden. His warnings about McCarthy&#8217;s influence and fundraising power now serve as a reminder of the challenges he himself faces in\u200c his reelection campaign. As the\u200c 2024 election approaches, it remains to be seen whether \u200bVan Orden can overcome these obstacles and secure another term in the House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House speaker battle and weeks of GOP infighting are coming back to haunt House Republicans who relied on Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for significant fundraising and campaign boosting. When McCarthy sought the speakership in January, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) warned the Republican conference&#8217;s holdouts about the strength of the California Republican&#8217;s purse strings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2104961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2104960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2104960","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=2104960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2104961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2104960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2104960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2104960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}