House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy knew the GOP would need to put up a united front to defend President Trump from the Democratic majority. So he brought his rivals into the fold quickly.
“He’s been very inclusive. … He’s done a great job,” said Rep. Mark Meadows , another Trump ally and founding member of the Freedom Caucus. “Some of the conservatives have had a good working relationship with Kevin over the last year. That’s been highlighted in this impeachment debate.”
Days after Speaker Nancy Pelosi formally announced her support for an impeachment inquiry, McCarthy fired off a letter to the California Democrat demanding that she halt the probe until she answers a host of procedural questions — including why the House wasn’t voting to initiate the inquiry. But the House GOP still struggled at times to message on substance, especially early on, as a never-ending stream of bombshells would routinely undercut some of their talking points. Lawmakers who weren’t apart of the closed-door depositions with impeachment witnesses started griping that they were in the dark.
“I wanted to make sure our members had as much information as possible, even in a tough climate where Schiff was trying to hide the facts,” Scalise said. “We would have heavy attendance.” “When we got 100 percent on the inquiry vote, the whole Senate changed. I had senators tell me how it comes out of the House is how it comes out of the Senate,” said McCarthy, who has had dinners and phone calls with GOP senators ahead of a likely trial in the upper chamber to determine whether Trump will remain in office. “And I had a number of senators call me and say, ‘this has changed the course.
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