Tea Party Putting McCarthy on Notice, 9/25/15
Newsmax) – The Republican next in line to succeed U.S. House
Speaker John Boehner owes his success, in part, to the same grassroots
conservatives who have pushed his boss to the exit. California Representative
Kevin McCarthy vaulted to the No. 3 leadership position in the House of
Representatives after his party won control of the chamber in 2010 by
harnessing the conservative Tea Party movement. He climbed to the No. 2 spot
last year, when House Republican Leader Eric Cantor lost his seat as
representative from Virginia to a Tea Party challenger. Now, the 50-year-old
McCarthy is the front-runner to take control of the Republican-led House after
Boehner, 65, announced on Friday he will resign from the chamber on Oct. 30.
McCarthy has not said whether he will run for the post, but no clear rival has
emerged. Paul Ryan, the party’s 2012 vice presidential nominee, said he does not
want Boehner’s job, while Idaho Representative Raul Labrador, a Tea Party
conservative who challenged McCarthy for the No. 2 spot last year, said he
would not take him on this time. McCarthy declined to speak to reporters on
Friday, instead issuing a statement that called for “healing and unifying to
face the challenges ahead.” Boehner and McCarthy are 15 years apart in age, but
some who know them say they share the same low-key leadership style. “Neither
of them are bombastic people,” said Democratic Representative John Garamendi, a
fellow Californian. SPECIAL: Sign our Congressional Warning today. Demand that
Congress back off and restore our rights, stop the trampling of our
Constitution and impeach Obama! PIZZA AND LISTENING McCarthy has worked hard to
build personal bonds with the restive conservatives who worked to topple
Boehner. Stripped of the power to hand out pet spending projects known as
earmarks by recent reforms, McCarthy has offered a friendly ear and slices of
pizza while trying to build support. That has not always worked. McCarthy and
the Republican leadership have had to cancel some high-profile votes after they
over-estimated support from fellow Republicans, handing victories to President
Barack Obama’s Democrats. Tea Party groups were already putting McCarthy on
notice. “McCarthy knows the reason he’s in this job is because the grassroots
took out Cantor and the Freedom Caucus took out Boehner. He damn well better be
paying attention,” said Adam Brandon, head of FreedomWorks, a conservative
advocacy network. A native of Bakersfield, California, McCarthy used $5,000 in
lottery winnings to start a sandwich shop after high school. He won election to
the California legislature at age 37. Elected to Congress in 2006, McCarthy
helped recruit candidates and craft a unifying message in the 2010 election
that handed Republicans House control. He was rewarded with a post as the
chamber’s chief vote counter. Like many conservatives, McCarthy wants to shut
down the Export-Import Bank over the objection of some big businesses. He
represents a heavily Republican district in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
While other Republicans from the region have called for immigration reform,
McCarthy has not joined them.
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Comments
It is more
likely that McCarthy will be elected Speaker by the 80%. If voters want a more
anti-Obama Congress, they will have to replace the 80% liberal Democrats and
RINOs first. More Constitutional
Conservative House and Senate members have been elected lately, but the
clean-out of socialists has merely just begun.
Go to Conservative Review Scorecard to see the low scores in the House
and Senate.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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