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Top GOP Rep Tells Kevin McCarthy ‘Not
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Posted By: GustoGrabber, 11/11/2022 1:38:36 PM

A top House Republican suggested House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) might not be automatically be voted in as House speaker if Republicans recapture the House of Representatives. Rep. Andy Biggs ( R-Ariz.), the highly influential member of the House Freedom Caucus, argued that the GOP conference in the House needs to have a “serious discussion” about their leadership after Republicans gained fewer seats than they expected. “I would say maybe not so fast” about McCarthy’s speaker bid, Biggs told the streaming program “The Absolute Truth with Emerald Robinson,”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 11/11/2022 2:02:58 PM (No. 1331029)
No thanks, McCarthy. Much prefer a non-rino pubbie.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: sterling431 11/11/2022 2:04:37 PM (No. 1331033)
Not so fast is right. McCarthy is too much a part of the establishment. We need a Jim Jordan or a Ted Cruz type person as speaker. Someone that will espouse America first policies that put the the American people first.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: kono 11/11/2022 2:17:00 PM (No. 1331037)
About the most prominent Republican with the most consistent position of leadership could be Cocaine Mitch, which makes me wonder what the "top Republicans" want in a Speaker. Maybe McCarthy simply isn't RINO enough? Leadership skills haven't exactly been inculcated into the current crop of Congressional Republicans; maybe the top brass were really hoping not to become the majority party, because that would require them to LEAD.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: stablemoney 11/11/2022 2:23:14 PM (No. 1331044)
We are getting nothing from McCarthy. Biggs would make a good Speaker. MTG would be a good change.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Citoyen 11/11/2022 2:23:34 PM (No. 1331045)
I find McCarthy a bit to mild for my taste. I’m not sure whether he realizes that the Democrats want to destroy the Republican Party by criminalizing it inch by inch. I very much doubt he has the stamina to punish the Democrats for the outrages they wrought since they took the House in 2018. That Republicans picked up seats during both elections after he took over from the loser Paul Ryan is a point in his favor. Inertia is also rooting for him.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Venturer 11/11/2022 2:28:05 PM (No. 1331050)
Be nice to have a Speaker with some testicles.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: PChristopher 11/11/2022 2:31:58 PM (No. 1331054)
McCarthy is a RINO.... I don't know why people think he's so great!
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Reply 8 - Posted by: rochow 11/11/2022 3:06:24 PM (No. 1331077)
He is weak as heck. He can scarcely criticize the dems and never, ever offers anything new, great changes or whatever. He just wants to get the job, everything else is not much of interest to him. Let's hope they do not pick this chinless wonder!
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Rich323 11/11/2022 3:31:15 PM (No. 1331100)
Ask Frank Luntz to do a poll of congressional Republicans and ask who supports McCarthy.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: tootall 11/11/2022 5:42:09 PM (No. 1331170)
Let's wait until the election is over so new Reps can have a say. And focus on Herschel!
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Reply 11 - Posted by: lakerman1 11/11/2022 6:59:28 PM (No. 1331210)
I wish Newt Gibgrich had stayed on, but I understand the traidition of his decision. But look what happened to Republicans! Dennis Hastert, who admitted to being a pedophile, and who was paying blackmail, became Speaker. Then John Boenher became Speaker. He was a nice man with no fire in his belly - just cigarette smoke. Then along came Ryan, who did not want the job. Remember how the party leaders had to beg him to take the job? And he finally took it, and became a wuss Speaker. His only worse performance was as a VP nominee. It will take sme noise from new Republicans house members to pick the right person.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: ChattyCatsSusan 11/11/2022 9:34:33 PM (No. 1331301)
As long as they don't pull a fast one and give the job to Tin Lizzie. Constitution says that the Speaker doesn't have to be a member of the House. So a big No to both RINO McCarthy and Tin Lizzie.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: M-79 11/12/2022 8:40:57 AM (No. 1331511)
How about Donald Trump?
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