Tag Archives: Kevin McCarthy

CNN reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and top Republicans have begun to strategize about how to move forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden this fall – the latest sign that the House GOP is seriously laying the groundwork to initiate rare proceedings against the current president. In recent weeks, McCarthy has privately told Republicans he plans to …

The Hill reports: Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) said Tuesday that a threat to Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R) Speakership is “inevitable” if he does not meet conservative demands and requires help from Democrats to avert a government shutdown. “It’s going to be detrimental to leadership in the House, if they blow off the concerns of the people like myself and the …

A reminder about the movie via NPR: Jim Caviezel has been a prominent promoter of the false, violent QAnon conspiracy theory — specifically, the baseless claim that an international cabal of elites is abusing and killing children to extract a substance called adrenochrome. In press appearances promoting Sound of Freedom, Caviezel continues to spout QAnon falsehoods. On a recent episode …

Axios reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday raised a possible “impeachment inquiry” into President Biden. McCarthy has dangled impeachment against Biden cabinet officials, but this is the closest he’s come to making that threat against the president personally. The House speaker went so far as to kill a right-wing effort to hold a House vote on impeaching Biden …

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 …

Media Matters has the transcript: JESSE WATTERS (HOST): Speaker, what’s going on with this looming indictment of Donald Trump? This would be the second from Joe Biden’s Justice Department. Can the House of Representatives do anything about that? KEVIN MCCARTHY (GUEST): Well, the one thing we can do is continue to put forth showing the two different judicial systems in …

The New York Times reports: Republicans on Friday rammed through the House a deeply partisan defense bill that would limit abortion access, transgender care and diversity training for military personnel, setting up a showdown in the Senate that could imperil the crucial annual measure to provide a pay raise for troops, set defense policy to counter U.S. adversaries and sustain …

Politico reports: Kevin McCarthy is risking Donald Trump’s wrath by not officially endorsing his third White House bid, but the speaker is also fulfilling an important mission: sparing the House GOP a civil war over 2024. While scores of McCarthy’s members have already backed Trump, plenty of other Republicans are steering clear of the polarizing former president in the GOP …

CNN reports: House Republicans are preparing to let the push for potential impeachment proceedings dominate their agenda over the next few months, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces growing pressure from an increasingly restive right flank eager to take aim at President Joe Biden and his Cabinet. The increased focus on impeachment — with Biden’s attorney general and homeland security secretary …

CNN reports: Speaker Kevin McCarthy has scrambled to contain the fallout after he questioned whether former President Donald Trump is the strongest candidate in the 2024 presidential race – comments that outraged Trump allies. McCarthy called Trump Tuesday morning to apologize, two sources familiar told CNN. The call came after McCarthy said during a CNBC interview that he thinks Trump …

CNN reports: Advisers and allies to former President Donald Trump are expressing outrage after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that he thinks Trump can win in 2024, but does not know if he is the “strongest” candidate. “I’ve been fielding calls on this since it happened,” one Trump ally told CNN, referring to McCarthy’s comments. “People are not happy. What …

NBC News reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday expressed some doubt that former President Donald Trump is the best GOP candidate to defeat President Joe Biden and win back the White House next year. Asked if Trump can win the general election given two criminal cases in which he’s the defendant, McCarthy signaled that the former president may …

Mediaite reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) joined Fox & Friends on Monday and unequivocally declared he did not support fabulist Rep. George Santos’s (R-NY) reelection bid. After a quick exchange about California Governor Gavin Newsom, Kilmeade asked, “George Santos -you are part of his reelection campaign?” McCarthy laughed out loud and answered, “No, I am not. No, he shouldn’t …

“It continues to show the two-tier system in America. If you are the president’s leading political opponent, the DOJ tries to literally put you in jail and give you prison time. But if you are the president’s son, you get a sweetheart deal. “Now this does nothing to our investigation. It actually should enhance our investigation because the DOJ should …

Roll Call reports: A disagreement between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House conservatives that jammed up legislative business last week eased Monday evening, but members of the rebel bloc made clear it may not be the end of trouble for their leadership. Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz said McCarthy agreed to renegotiate the “power-sharing agreement” he worked out in January, when …

Playbook reports: The seismic news surrounding Donald Trump’s federal indictment last week upended the political world — and quickly overshadowed the embarrassing spectacle playing out on the House floor. To recap: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was forced to send his members home early after a splinter group of 11 conservative hard-liners, days after being steamrolled by the bipartisan debt-ceiling deal, …

“This is going to disrupt this nation because it goes to the core of equal justice for all, which is not being seen today. And we’re not going to stand for it. This is a very dark day in America when you think about what they’re trying to indict President Trump on. “You’ve got a sitting president right now in …

NBC News reports: A small bloc of conservative bomb-throwers is holding the floor of the House of Representatives hostage, forcing GOP leaders to cancel votes for the rest of the week. For the second straight day, the conservatives blocked several leadership-backed bills from moving forward Wednesday in protest of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s handling of the debt deal he struck with …

Media Matters reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is poised to give special access to security footage of the January 6 insurrection to a far-right personality who accused a police officer injured during the attack of being a “crisis actor,” and who has depicted the insurrectionists as patriotic Americans who were victimized by police brutality. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), …

Axios reports: With a 314-117 House vote to lift the debt ceiling until 2025, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) proved he could harness his narrow majority to force President Biden to make policy concessions on issues that are deeply important to both parties. McCarthy started his post-vote victory lap by thanking his negotiating team and then touting his accomplishment. “Tonight we …