Some of the hard-right lawmakers opposing Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., for speaker have nursed grudges against him for years. Others have yet to be sworn into Congress. These are the House Republicans imperiling Kevin McCarthy’s bid for speaker.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Steny Hoyer arrive at a joint session where President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the U.S. Congress in Washington on Dec. 21, 2022.
He has made a cornucopia of concessions in an attempt to sway his detractors, most notably by agreeing to a rule that would allow a snap vote at any time to oust the speaker. But the rebels have remained unmoved, even after prodding from former President Donald Trump, the most popular figure in the party, and a colleague, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.The ringleaders
Good, a self-described “biblical conservative” and former administrator at Liberty University, ascended to power after winning a primary against an incumbent Republican conducted by drive-through convention. He mounted the challenge after the incumbent, Denver Riggleman, himself an arch-conservative, faced backlash in his district for officiating a same-sex wedding for two of his campaign volunteers.
“I’ve gotten a lot of emails from people telling me that they don’t want me to vote for Kevin McCarthy, and I do listen to what my constituents say,” Luna, who worked at Turning Point USA, the hard-right activist network for young conservatives, told Steve Bannon on his podcast over the weekend.
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