Most of the 20 Republicans who have blocked Mr McCarthy’s speakership are clear Trump loyalists. Read more at straitstimes.com.
former President Donald Trump held a call with him and representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, one of the key Republican members of Congress blocking Mr McCarthy’s bid.
Mr McCarthy’s inability to corral enough votes this week has underscored the limits of Mr Trump’s political potency inside a party that has not controlled the Senate since 2018, lost the White House in 2020 and failed, so far, to identify the next leader of their narrow majority in the House. For over a decade, a group of House Republicans has sought to disrupt the establishment leadership. The House Freedom Caucus evolved out of the vestiges of the Tea Party, playing a key role in the ouster of then-Speaker John Boehner in 2015 and blocking Mr McCarthy’s efforts to become the Republican leader at the time.
Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who unseated a fellow Republican in 2020 who she said wasn’t supportive enough of Mr Trump, openly defied the former president from the House floor on Wednesday, saying he should tell Mr McCarthy to withdraw from the speaker’s race instead of directing his focus on the insurgents.
Mr Trump, who often tries to avoid limiting any options for himself, stopped making aggressive calls after that. But he was forced to be more public in his support than aides had planned when he picked up his ringing cellphone Tuesday and gave a muted comment to a reporter from NBC News, prompting questions about whether he still backed Mr McCarthy.
One person who spoke with Mr Trump on Thursday said that the former president still preferred Mr McCarthy and that he seemed perplexed by what else Mr McCarthy’s opponents, who have extracted significant concessions, wanted.If Mr McCarthy pulls out a victory, Mr Trump will point to it as evidence of strength, not weakness. But having thrust himself into the leadership fight with no clear strategy, Mr Trump’s failure to influence House Republicans has underscored a new political reality for him.
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