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Kevin McCarthy for Speaker

By Mike Huckabee

January 4, 2023
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I’m disgusted with a small and selfish group of Republicans who probably feel they are “Spartacus” but the movie best fitting them is “The Gang Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight.”

Several of these hold-outs (I should say “hold-ups”) are friends and I supported and campaigned for many.  I won’t be in the future.  The simple of rule of politics is that you take your stand, but if you don’t have enough following to lead, then recognize that you simply didn’t sell your ideas very well.  Less than 20 GOP members of Congress are stopping 200 of their fellow Republicans from getting about the business of investigating corruption in the White House, FBI, DOJ, and in Congress itself.  Instead, without being able to articulate a specific reason for their objections, they have blocked the election of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker and in so doing making the Republicans look like a bunch of 6 year olds who refuse to play unless the majority surrenders to the tantrums of the few. 

Is Kevin McCarthy perfect?  Of course not.  But he has faithfully worked to recruit candidates, help fund them, and get them elected.  The ultimate outrage is that some he helped win and raised funds for now have shown they really DO think it’s about them and not the bigger principles of the conservative movement.  

Dr. E. V. Hill, longtime CA pastor used to say “If you think you’re a leader and you look behind you and no one is following, you aren’t a leader—you’re just out for a walk.”  The actions of the petulant circle of “Never-Kevins” don’t amount to enough votes to get close to winning.  But they may have enough to make sure their own team loses.  These guys are setting fire to their own hosue, but they are arsonists who didn’t even have fire insurance.  The mission is just “burn it down.”  And in so doing, empowering the very Democrats some of us worked very hard to put in the minority.

We did NOT work to blow up our own opportunity to take on the Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler, and Squad team, but that’s the effect of the actions of the camera hungry Congress members who may deep down believe they are more “principled” than everyone else, but have shown a startling level of political immaturity. 

If the tiny crowd of political tots can’t convince a majority of their peers to follow them off the cliff, they should have the self-awareness to admit they fired their best shot and simply missed the target.  Now it’s time to fight for the American people.  If after taking leadership, Kevin and company don’t deliver, you might be able to make a better case for lighting the fuse to the bomb to blow up the place.

 

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  • Eva Kathleen Woods

    01/05/2023 12:15 AM

    I totally agree with you 100%! Their outrageous behavior is nothing but a tantrum and the nation is laughing at them! I am a Conservative Republican, but this kind of stupidity makes me wonder if I should have just stayed home and not voted. MARY MILLER will NEVER have my vote again.

  • R Reedy

    01/04/2023 11:52 PM

    KM is meeting with DJT tonight. Hopefully, that meeting is fruitful and this question will be resolved to everyone’s satisfaction…Hopefully!!!

  • Frances Deering

    01/04/2023 11:49 PM

    In my opinion, MTG, Huckabee, DJ Trump, J. Jordan, other House Members & Ben Shapiro make solid arguments in regard to Speaker of the House. From what I’ve learned, if McCarthy does not deliver what the majority of ‘We the People’, ie: us majority constitutes, then there is a means in which to replace the Speaker. I agree with the 20 congress republicans that a change is needed. As Ben Shapiro & others have pointed out, the 20 have yet to provide a candidate that can deliver.

  • KL Gnuse

    01/04/2023 11:33 PM

    Kevin needs to humble himself, not badmouth his colleagues. He is the one that has sold out the American people and those twenty are the only ones with the guts to stand up for us. This should have been settled long before now. Kevin is a turncoat and does not deserve the speaker position. We have had one that we couldn't trust why would we want another one that we cannot trust? Kevin owes too many, just like Mitch. Ditch Mitch and try Newt, Huckabee, or Trump for speaker. That's my opinion.

  • Karen Gnuse

    01/04/2023 11:28 PM

    Kevin needs to humble himself, not badmouth his colleagues. He is the one that has sold out the American people and those twenty are the only ones with the guts to stand up for us. This should have been settled long before now. Kevin is a turncoat and does not deserve the speaker position. We have had one that we couldn't trust why would we want another one that we cannot trust? Kevin owes too many, just like Mitch. Ditch Mitch and try Newt, Huckabee, or Trump for speaker.

  • Dawn Street

    01/04/2023 11:01 PM

    I agree with you. I am not a fan of McCarthy. Nothing against the man, the politician but he has an air of entitlement about him. I watched him smirking during the voting process in the House. He does not look too concerned about losing. I don't think he is really trying very hard to win friends and influence people. He has already moved into the Speaker's office so apparently he has a sense of security about becoming speaker, either that or he has an EGO bigger'n Dallas.

    I just want the GOP to vote on a Speaker and get back to the business of cleaning out that snake pit Nasty Nancy left behind.

  • Pat Roach

    01/04/2023 10:52 PM

    Thank you for your expression of how many of us feel. I hope the holdouts read it! I’m not calling them what they are.

  • Roy Lee Seay

    01/04/2023 10:43 PM

    McCarthy is failing to demonstrate leadership by persisting in his personal desire to take the Speakership. A true leader would realize he needs to step aside and work with his fellow Republicans to move forward with someone who can get the necessary support and begin the work of the people. McCarthy has already demonstrated his Pelosi-like attitude by moving into the Speaker’s office that he has not been elected to. He is a “selectionist” just like so many Democrats.

  • Elizabeth Tarpley

    01/04/2023 10:39 PM

    Kevin McCarthy has been in a leadership role for over a decade. He is part of the swamp and part of the problem that has put the GOP in a losing position. It is time for a change in leadership. Kevin McCarthy is not the answer. McConnell needs to be replaced in the senate as well as Ronna McDaniel at the RNC. Hopefully, Harmeet Dillon will prevail and become the new RNC chair. Governor Huckabee, I respect your opinion and your experience and greatly appreciate what you do. God Bless you, sir.

  • Linda Johnson

    01/04/2023 10:27 PM

    I read all of your emails and generally appreciate if not agree with your view. This one, not so much. Kevin McCarthy isn’t trusted. An apparent perpetual yes man. Well groomed, but abIt of a fake smile. He is the only contributor to his problems. The 180 degree stories are astounding. You, of all people, should be pushing for honesty. Integrity and transparency are the cure here. Only McCarthy can do that.

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