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Ohio Joe

(21,898 posts)
Tue Jun 27, 2023, 01:28 PM Jun 2023

'People are not happy': Trump allies fume after Kevin McCarthy questions his electability

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) isn't sure that former President Donald Trump is the most electable Republican running for president -- and that has many Trump allies fuming.

In interviews with CNN, Trump aides blasted McCarthy for saying on CNBC that "I don’t know that answer" about whether Trump is "the strongest to win the election" in 2024.

While this was not exactly a strong condemnation of the former president, it was apparently enough to trigger outrage from people within his orbit.

"I’ve been fielding calls on this since it happened,” one Trump ally told CNN. “People are not happy. What was he thinking?”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/people-are-not-happy-trump-allies-fume-after-kevin-mccarthy-questions-his-electability/ar-AA1d7nkk?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=5273d4011014430f8a0094622371529b&ei=92

Now, now Kev, don't go against Dear Leader or the magaloons will come for you.

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'People are not happy': Trump allies fume after Kevin McCarthy questions his electability (Original Post) Ohio Joe Jun 2023 OP
Heaven forbid a reality check Johonny Jun 2023 #1
It's like ol' Kev is daring the agingdem Jun 2023 #8
He was probably thinking something like well Joe Biden beat him pretty handily last time Walleye Jun 2023 #2
kevin books a flight to mucho lardo in 3...2...1 spanone Jun 2023 #3
oh... You were so close... Ohio Joe Jun 2023 #12
Spineless PO💩 spanone Jun 2023 #13
The defendant lost the popular vote by 2.8 million votes in 2016 gratuitous Jun 2023 #4
You got it, butt-hurt is the defining characteristic for the whole party Walleye Jun 2023 #10
How. DARE. He. Buns_of_Fire Jun 2023 #5
How pathetic does one need to be a republican? C_U_L8R Jun 2023 #6
Oh, poor babies can't handle the truth obviously. They too, see the writing on the wall, and they SWBTATTReg Jun 2023 #7
The "Trump is unelectable" narrative will continue to grow. Fiendish Thingy Jun 2023 #9
magats in fucking "Disarray"? Cha Jun 2023 #11
Will MTG stand by her man, McCarthy? Kaleva Jun 2023 #14

agingdem

(8,851 posts)
8. It's like ol' Kev is daring the
Tue Jun 27, 2023, 01:59 PM
Jun 2023

freedom caucus to force a no vote on Kev as speaker...and if that should happen, do the Dems jump in to save Kev's ass?..

Walleye

(44,807 posts)
2. He was probably thinking something like well Joe Biden beat him pretty handily last time
Tue Jun 27, 2023, 01:34 PM
Jun 2023

Talk about a reality check,they never admitted they lost the election, so they think they just need to run it again. I wonder how long Kevin will be speaker

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. The defendant lost the popular vote by 2.8 million votes in 2016
Tue Jun 27, 2023, 01:41 PM
Jun 2023

Then he lost the popular vote by 7.1 million votes in 2020. Based on that trajectory, he'll lose the popular vote by 10 million votes or more in 2024.

I mean, really, what has the defendant done in the last two years that would draw more voters to his whiny pity party of a candidacy? Being indicted? Losing the case with E. Jean Carroll and getting nicked for $5 million? Being indicted again? Holding rallies dedicated to his personal grievance recitations? What voters who opposed the defendant in the last two general elections suddenly said, "Wait! This guy really deserves a second look-see from me. Perhaps I judged him too hastily." Yeah, fucking nobody.

Of course McCarthy is right about the defendant's electability, as cravenly as he put it. But that doesn't cut any ice with the defendant's True Believers.

Fuck these people. Just because they're butt-hurt, that doesn't qualify them to run the country again.

Buns_of_Fire

(19,161 posts)
5. How. DARE. He.
Tue Jun 27, 2023, 01:42 PM
Jun 2023

If Kevin only had faith as large as a mustard seed (or Dear Leader's brain), he'd know and believe that the devine orange slug is the only path! They find his lack of faith... disturbing...

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C_U_L8R

(49,386 posts)
6. How pathetic does one need to be a republican?
Tue Jun 27, 2023, 01:48 PM
Jun 2023

They must go through vigorous kiss-ass and boot-lick training.

SWBTATTReg

(26,257 posts)
7. Oh, poor babies can't handle the truth obviously. They too, see the writing on the wall, and they
Tue Jun 27, 2023, 01:55 PM
Jun 2023

are cowards to ignore the evidence right in front of their noses. Biden is going to wipe the floor w/ tRUMP's soiled rags and then stomp on tRUMP even more next time around.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,240 posts)
9. The "Trump is unelectable" narrative will continue to grow.
Tue Jun 27, 2023, 03:06 PM
Jun 2023

Should be a constant rumble by the August debate, growing to a loud roar by the time the primaries start, maybe sooner.

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