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Why Did Kevin McCarthy Wait So Long to Try to Win People Over?
By Joe Cunningham | 10:15 AM on January 03, 2023

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Today is the day. We will see Kevin McCarthy either become Speaker of the House or see a compromise candidate come forward for the second time in less than a decade to take over where McCarthy expected to be.
There has been a lot of ink spilled over the McCarthy vote coming today. One of the more interesting developments came yesterday morning when it turned out there weren’t just five Republicans who were guaranteed “No” votes, but another nine who felt McCarthy hadn’t conceded enough to conservatives – from lowering the threshold for voting to remove a Speaker to allegedly offering to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics.
This morning, Fox News reporter Chad Pergram has an interesting tweet from Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry.
This is probably one of the most important points that could be brought up, and it’s very indicative of what bothers a lot of conservatives about a McCarthy Speakership – he has been acting like he’s entitled to the job and has really done nothing to actually earn it other than wheel and deal his way to the top.
The entire D.C. establishment – from Republicans to lobbyists – has been preparing for a McCarthy speakership. And there are a lot of people on board with this, including major conservative voices like Mark Levin and Charlie Kirk, along with Congressional conservative favorites like Jim Jordan.
The leading class of Republicans and conservatives have decided that they’ve just got to have a smooth transition to leadership rather than fight to make sure that they use their (slim) majority in the most conservative way possible.
But the work to actually secure the votes didn’t start until very recently. Because he just assumed he would walk ..."
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