'One-way street': Conservative says Kevin McCarthy showed Trump's loyalty goes one way

Loyalty is a one-way street for Donald Trump.

Alice Stewart, former communications director for Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) presidential bid, appeared on CNN to weigh in on the 45th president's clash with then Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the days following the Jan. 6 riots.

"Given all that Kevin McCarthy has done to support Donald Trump and going down there to Mar-a-Lago when he supposedly couldn't eat after he lost — Donald Trump certainly should have had his back."

When McCarthy was against the ropes in the lead to his historic Oct. 3 ouster as House speaker, Trump reportedly refused to pull off the Republican mutiny led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and others to remove him from the perch, according to anonymous sources who spoke to The Washington Post.

The two were on a phone call where Trump allegedly dressed down McCarthy for failing to hold off two impeachments and withholding his endorsement of his 2024 presidential campaign, the sources told the publication.

“F--- you,” McCarthy reportedly told the former president, according to two interlocutors whom the congressman divulged what transpired.

When reached for comment, a McCarthy spokesperson claimed that the California lawmaker didn't cuss and that they maintain a good bond.

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Stewart saw the lack of Trump's reciprocation as predictable.

"This is a classic case of loyalty; with Donald Trump it's a one-way street," she said.

She believes that McCarthy was "loyal" to Trump, but "he did not return the favor."

"He encouraged Matt Gaetz to oust him from being Speaker, and he didn't do anything to help him win," she noted. "The votes were mounting up against him."

In fact, Stewart believes the F-bomb should have been one of many untoward things to be said toward Trump.

"I would have dropped the F-bomb and a lot more," she added. "His campaign says he didn't say that, says they have a good relationship, work well together, talk often, they've agreed and disagreed in the past."

Stewart suspects the fact that they made nice after the confrontation is proof that the incident wasn't as big of deal as is being made, but that isn't as sexy of a storyline."

She said: "It's much better to talk about the f bomb than Kumbaya."

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