{"id":2205286,"date":"2024-03-24T19:26:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T23:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-weighs-in-on-returning-to-government-if-trump-wins\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T19:27:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T23:27:39","slug":"kevin-mccarthy-weighs-in-on-returning-to-government-if-trump-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-weighs-in-on-returning-to-government-if-trump-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCarthy comments on possibility of resuming government role under a Trump administration"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fkevin-mccarthy-weighs-in-on-returning-to-government-if-trump-wins%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=2205286&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>Kevin McCarthy Considers Return to Government if Trump Wins<\/h2>\n<p>Former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> (R-CA) hinted at the possibility of resuming a government role if former President Donald Trump \u2064secures the White House in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-owens-gop-can-win-big-in-2022-2024\/\" title=\"Rep. Owens: GOP can win big in 2022, 2024\">upcoming elections<\/a>. McCarthy discussed this\u2062 during an interview on CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace The Nation,\u201d following concerns about\u200b diminishing Republican House members due to resignations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDo \u200dyou have\u2064 plans to return to government potentially in a Trump administration?\u201d\u200b Brennan inquired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I\u2062 have always said I \u200dwill serve whichever way if I\u2019m the best person for the job,\u201d McCarthy replied. \u201cBut I think people worried about whether they get a job in the next administration is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-the-bigotry-of-no-expectations\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: The Bigotry Of No Expectations\">wrong place<\/a> to\u2064 be. You first have to have \u200bthe election. I think you should be going out to the \u200dAmerican public and showing them, yes,\u200b with President Trump get elected, we would\u200d have a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/livestream-catches-how-us-border-guards-apparently-helped-line-of-illegals-beat-concertina-wire\/\" title=\"Livestream reveals US border guards aiding illegal migrants bypassing concertina wire.\">secure \u200bborder<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McCarthy \u2062highlighted potential outcomes \u200dunder\u2062 a Trump administration, including a secure border and a\u200c stronger economy. He also contrasted various policies of\u2062 the current administration\u200c with those \u2063of President Trump, citing embassies evacuation, inflation rates, \u200dand border security.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenging Views<\/h3>\n<p>During the conversation, Brennan, known for her liberal views, challenged McCarthy\u2019s\u200b assertions as \u201ccounterfactuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI served with\u200d both presidents. That\u2019s exactly the situation today. We have evacuated five embassies under President Biden.\u2062 We\u2019ve\u2062 had high inflation under President Biden. We have a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-chip-roy-says-biden-admin-basically-turning-dhs-into-a-welcome-mat-for-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Rep. Chip Roy Says Biden Admin \u2018Basically Turning DHS Into A Welcome Mat\u2019 For Illegal Immigrants\">wide-open border<\/a>. We have people who are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-terror-suspects-are-starting-to-exploit-the-southern-border\/\" title=\"GOP Lawmaker: Terror Suspects Are \u2018Starting To Exploit The Southern Border\u2019\">terrorist watch list<\/a>, more people in one month of February\u200d getting across our border than the entire \u2062time when President Trump was in \u200doffice,\u201d McCarthy responded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>WATCH:<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin McCarthy, ex-House Speaker (R-CA), hinted at a potential government comeback if Trump regains the presidency. Speaking with CBS News&#8217; Margaret Brennan on &#8220;Face The Nation,&#8221; McCarthy expressed willingness to serve in some capacity under a Trump administration this fall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2205287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-1743145856-scaled-e1699899029155.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-1743145856-scaled-e1699899029155.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205286","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\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}