“I thought he gave a great speech,” McCarthy said about Trump’s Tuesday night Mar-a-Lago spectacle.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy wouldn’t say Wednesday whether he would endorse former President Donald Trump’s latest White House run.
McCarthy’s refusal came one day after the 76-year-old former commander in chief announced his 2024 bid.“I thought he gave a great speech,” McCarthyby Rep. Andy Biggs to win the House GOP’s nomination to be speaker of the House just hours before Trump’s announcement. Both McCarthy and Trump have come under fire by many in the GOP after the party’s worse than expected performance in the midterm elections. Republicans failed to gain control of the Senate andFormer President Donald Trump announced his third run for president Tuesday evening.McCarthy was supportive of Trump during his presidency but blasted the 45th president after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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