McCarthy Remains Silent On Trump’s Dinner With Nazi

Semafor reports:

Few lawmakers were eager to weigh in over a long holiday weekend that made it easy to hide out, with some exceptions. “The Mar-a-Lago dinner was appalling,” Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. told Semafor. But Trump’s antisemite dinner party couldn’t have come at a worse time for Kevin McCarthy, who has been quiet on the matter. McCarthy needs support from the Freedom Caucus to become Speaker.

Unfortunately for him, two of the most prominent members, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz. participated in a white nationalist conference with Fuentes last year. Especially after a weak midterms for MAGA candidates, the prospect of two years of Trump-laced outrages might give moderates more motive to try to seize control of the caucus.

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Kevin McCarthy can’t denounce Trump’s dinner with known white nationalist Nick Fuentes because if he did, McCarthy would also have to call out his new boss MTG pic.twitter.com/qjihmRc67l

— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) November 26, 2022