Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is reportedly still making up to Donald Trump for comments related to Trump's electability.
McCarthy, who was recently scorned by a conservative for sucking up to the "furies of Mar-a-Lago," has "zero interest" in endorsing a candidate to be the Republican nominee for president, according to a piece published on Slate Wednesday.
"House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has zero interest in making an endorsement in the presidential race. He’s the highest-ranking Republican in government, and he has plenty to deal with already in trying to pass bills and prevent competing wings of his party from actually killing each other," Slate reported. "He has a narrow margin that he needs to spend every waking off-hour fundraising to preserve. Any group of five miscreants could take down his speakership if he looks askance at them. It’s a full plate. Getting involved publicly in the presidential race: Not in his interest!"
But there is more to the story:
"Another key reason he doesn’t want to get involved in the presidential race is that he obviously understands that Republican voters nominating Donald Trump for president—after Trump has cost the party three straight elections and is indicted for new crimes seemingly every half-hour—would be a poor decision," the outlet noted. "He just can’t say that out loud, because he owes his speakership, and whatever favor he maintains with the MAGA base, to the former president."
So, after offending Trump, McCarthy is now doing damage control, according to the news report.
"And so McCarthy had to spend what otherwise could have been a lovely Tuesday afternoon playing clean-up with his prime benefactor. He had to suffer the indignity of reaching out to Breitbart News, a still staunchly pro-Trump media outlet, to reassure an audience of one that Trump is perfect in every way—a political colossus, a beautiful dream come to life."
