{"id":2298005,"date":"2024-07-17T14:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T18:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doles-out-speaking-slots-to-mccarthy-foes-at-rnc-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T18:50:17","slug":"trump-gives-speaking-opportunities-to-mccarthys-opponents-at-rnc-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gives-speaking-opportunities-to-mccarthys-opponents-at-rnc-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump gives speaking opportunities to McCarthy&#8217;s opponents at RNC &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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-gives-speaking-opportunities-to-mccarthys-opponents-at-rnc-washington-examiner%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=2298005&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--><p>The summary is about tensions within \u200dthe Republican Party over the removal of Kevin \u2062McCarthy as \u200dHouse speaker. Two\u200b of McCarthy&#8217;s\u2062 foes, Reps. Matt Gaetz and Nancy Mace, have been given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-board-member-whose-father-led-9-11-hijackers-mosque-opposes-resolution-honoring-victims\/\" title=\"School Board Member Whose Father Led 9\/11 Hijackers\u2019 Mosque Opposes Resolution Honoring Victims\">speaking slots<\/a> at\u200c the\u200d Republican National \u2064Convention. McCarthy is\u200b not expected to speak, and\u200b Gaetz has been vocal about his criticisms of McCarthy&#8217;s leadership. The speaking slot highlights Gaetz&#8217;s prominent position in the party as a strong ally of former President Donald Trump. Mace, who had some disagreements with \u200dTrump following \u2064the Capitol riot, \u2063received Trump&#8217;s endorsement for her re-election campaign. McCarthy,\u200c despite retiring from Congress, still has support within\u200c the party.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump doles out speaking slots to McCarthy foes at RNC<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1705704\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>MILWAUKEE &mdash; <\/strong>Two of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-mccarthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kevin McCarthy<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s<\/a> foes will be given speaking slots at Wednesday&rsquo;s Republican National Convention as tensions linger over his removal as House speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Matt Gaetz<\/a> (R-FL) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-mace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nancy Mace<\/a> (R-SC), among the eight House Republicans who voted to remove McCarthy in October, will be in the first group of speakers opening the third day of festivities in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy is not expected to speak, an observation Gaetz alluded to in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3086280\/security-separate-gaetz-mccarthy-live-interview-verbal-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>moment of drama<\/a> Tuesday on the convention floor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What night are you speaking? Are you speaking tonight?&rdquo; Gaetz said, interrupting McCarthy&rsquo;s interview on CNN. &ldquo;If you took that stage, you would get booed off of it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz has been reviled by his House colleagues since initiating the ouster vote, which sent the House into three weeks of chaos as Republicans struggled to find a new leader for their conference.<\/p>\n<p>But the speaking slot underscores the prominent place he maintains in the party as a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz considers McCarthy to be a fake conservative and voiced outrage at the deals he cut on the debt limit and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">government funding<\/a> as speaker. But McCarthy claims Gaetz&rsquo;s beef is really over a House ethics investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think at the end of the day, he probably shouldn&rsquo;t be on the streets,&rdquo; McCarthy told NBC News in a post-altercation interview.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) arrives during the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mace, too, has stuck close to Trump, though the two had a rocky patch following Jan. 6, when she called the former president culpable for the Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>Trump ultimately helped her overcome a so-called revenge tour by McCarthy, who is funding primary opponents against what he calls the &ldquo;Gaetz Eight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She received Trump&rsquo;s endorsement ahead of the GOP primary for her district last month, paving the wave for her return to Congress next year.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy retired from Congress following his removal, but he has maintained a deep well of support within the party. Richard Porter, a Republican national committeeman from Illinois, confronted Gaetz in the moments after their altercation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Shut up, Gaetz,&rdquo; Porter said in a viral clip from the convention floor. &ldquo;Get out of here. Don&rsquo;t be an a**hole.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Porter called the stunt a &ldquo;sideshow&rdquo; distracting from the support Republicans are supposed to be showing Trump at the convention.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s important for us to be unified and to pull everybody together and push them to bury the hatchet,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In that context, he said McCarthy not speaking was appropriate given the situation is still &ldquo;fresh&rdquo; among House lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If I was Kevin, I wouldn&rsquo;t speak at the convention. I would make sure Mike has the spotlight,&rdquo; he said, referring to the new speaker, Mike Johnson (R-LA).<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Porter predicted Gaetz will &ldquo;rise to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-aide-tries-gaslighting-america-says-biden-was-simply-over-prepared-for-debate-report\/\" title=\"WH Aide Tries Gaslighting America, Says Biden Was Simply \u2018Over-Prepared\u2019 for Debate: Report\">moment&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and deliver a unifying speech.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think they&rsquo;re trying to show a broad spectrum of Republicans and recognizing that not all Republicans agree with each other, and each of them speak to a different constituency or potential constituency,&rdquo; Porter said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, it&rsquo;s not like everybody who speaks has to be beloved by all elements of the party,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1705704\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1705704\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump is giving speaking slots at the Republican National Convention to two of Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s opponents, Reps. Matt Gaetz and Nancy Mace, who were among the eight House Republicans who voted to remove McCarthy as House speaker. McCarthy is not expected to speak at the convention, and tensions remain high between him and Gaetz. Despite their differences, Gaetz and Mace are still seen as prominent figures in the party, with Gaetz being a strong ally of former President Donald Trump. McCarthy has accused Gaetz of being upset over a House ethics investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct. Mace, who had a falling out with Trump after the Capitol riot, has since received Trump&#8217;s endorsement and is expected to return to Congress next year. Despite the drama surrounding McCarthy and Gaetz, party leaders are emphasizing unity and showcasing a diverse range of Republican voices at the convention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3311,"featured_media":2298006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-convention-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3663,9893,6915,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2298005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-mccarthy","tag-opponents","tag-rnc","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-convention-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298005","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\/3311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2298005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2298006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2298005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2298005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2298005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}