McCarthy Promised Trump To Expunge Impeachments

Playbook reports:

After Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested on national television last month that Trump may not be the GOP’s best presidential candidate in 2024, the former president was furious — and wanted the California Republican to rectify the slight immediately. “He needs to endorse me — today!” Trump fumed on his way to a campaign event in New Hampshire, according to people familiar with what happened. McCarthy, after all, had indicated to Trump’s team that he would do so eventually. Why not clean up the mess and announce his support now?

But the House GOP leader — who has felt compelled to stay neutral during the primary so as to not box in his own members — wasn’t ready to do that. Instead, to calm Trump, McCarthy made him a promise, according to a source close to Trump and familiar with the conversation: The House would vote to expunge the two impeachments against the former president, he told Trump. And — as McCarthy would communicate through aides later that same day — they would do so before August recess.

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McCarthy told Trump the House would vote to expunge the two impeachments against the former president. But several moderate House Republicans are loath to revisit Trump’s impeachments. More in today’s Playbook: https://t.co/dYbrTcnxcb

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