House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is nothing if not a political survivor.
WASHINGTON —
“Keep underestimating us,” he said, “and we’ll keep proving to the American public that we’ve never given up.”The whole drama is a turn-of-the-narrative for McCarthy, who came to office viewed as one of the weakest House speakers in modern memory, but has strengthened his grip on power during the debt ceiling fight.
“But that’s not where they were going. And I think it was an opportunity, but it was also — they got something done. Kevin worked really hard, everybody worked very hard, I mean, with a lot of good intention.” Deeply frustrated by the debt ceiling deal McCarthy cut with Biden, the hard-right conservatives immediately flexed their power this week threatening to remove him from office.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who has emerged as one of McCarthy’s closest allies, swatted back ideas about ousting him from office. “American people would be thoroughly disgusted,” she said, if Republicans squandered their majority with such infighting.
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