Former President Trump fights anger for House minority leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, over his support for the leadership position of Rep. Liz Cheney’s number three in the GOP, according to a report.
McCarthy may even have a public rebuke in Trump’s speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday. Three sources close to Trump told Politico that his understanding of the Republican in California has become so frequent that “his advisers think the House’s minority leader may have a public reprimand.”
Meanwhile, McCarthy praised Trump in his CPAC speech. “It was the forgotten man and woman that Donald Trump listened to the voice of whom no one else would listen,” he said.
McCarthy broke up with Trump in January when he said the former president bears some “responsibility” for the attack on the Capitol. He flew to Mar-a-Lago weeks later to repair matters and meet with Trump to plan a 2022 GOP takeover of the House.
Cheney called the party last month when she voted for Trump and Trump-aligned congressmen like Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., To accuse, soon asked to remove her leadership from the House.
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But 145 members of the House Republican Conference ultimately supported Cheney, with only 61 Trump loyalists voting to remove her from her leadership role during a secret ballot earlier this month.
During the meeting, McCarthy spoke out strongly in support of Cheney.
“This Republican Party is a very big tent, everyone was invited there,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy and Cheney had an awkward conversation with reporters last week about whether Trump would speak at CPAC.
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“Yes, he must,” McCarthy said in a brief reply after being asked by a reporter.
“It depends on CPAC,” Cheney said in response to the same question. “I was clear about my view of President Trump and the extent to which, after January 6, I do not believe he should play a role in the future of the party or the country.”