Source:CNN– left to right: former Donald Trump puppet Kevin McCarthy & Defendant Don Trump.

Source:The New Democrat

“Former House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) says that former President Donald Trump needs to stop talking about political retribution as Trump campaigns for a return to the White House.”

From CNN

Just a few points about former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.

Yes, House Republicans won back the House last year. But they started off with 2012 seats and finished with 222 seats and now looks like they’re down to 220 seats, maybe 2019 in early 2024. Imagine investing 20 bucks in a lemonade stand and you net 40 cents back for your investment. That’s what you get with Kevin McCarthy in charge.

I think it was Representative Patrick McHenry (whose also returning from the House after next year) who said that Kevin McCarthy was one of the most effective Speaker’s that House Republicans have ever had. (Hard to write that down with a straight face) My question for Representative McHenry would’ve been: compared to who? And the list of possibilities at least in recent memory would be John Boehner, who did know how to manage his far-right and work with Democrats, to at least get the basics right when it came to government. But in recent years, I guess the other option would be Paul Ryan, who didn’t seek reelection in 2018, after only being Speaker for 3 years.

One of the panelists on this CNN show, Marianna Sotomayor said that Kevin McCarthy really knew how to recruit certain Republicans to run for certain House districts. Well, if Kevin McCarthy is actually a Democratic political operative undercover in the House, she has a point.

Again, House Republicans only picked up 10 seats last year, when they could’ve had 40, considering President Joe Biden’s un-favorability, the situation with the economy as far as inflation and high interest rates, the fact that the Democratic Party had complete control of Congress (House & Senate) in 2021-2022, as well as The White House.

But House Republicans have as much as 90-220 MAGA members. Some of those folks are perhaps even militant members of that movement, who aren’t opposed to using violence to accomplish their political objectives. Good thing Mr. McCarthy and the rest of the country that he isn’t a military recruiter.

What House Republicans got with Kevin McCarthy, was someone who wanted to Speaker of the House and perhaps do great things with his House majority. But I’m still trying to figure out how that benefits the House Republican Conference, the broader House of Representatives, the Republican Party, and the country in general.