Kevin McCarthy Waited So Long to Win People’s Trust, Despite the fact that he didn’t have the votes.

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Today is the day. Kevin McCarthy will be Speaker of House or a compromise candidate will come forward for the second consecutive year in less than a decade. This candidate will take over from McCarthy’s position.

A lot of ink has been spilled about the McCarthy vote today. One of the more interesting developments came yesterday morning when it turned out there weren’t just five Republicans who were guaranteed “No” votes, but another nine who felt McCarthy hadn’t conceded enough to conservatives – from lowering the threshold for voting to remove a Speaker to allegedly offering to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Fox News reporter Chad Pergram posted an interesting tweet this morning from Scott Perry, the Pennsylvania Rep.

GOP PA Rep Scott Perry on Fox: Kevin McCarthy has known for months he doesn’t have 218..but he has dragged..the conference..the Congress and the country..to the brink

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 3, 2023

This is probably one of the most important points that could be brought up, and it’s very indicative of what bothers a lot of conservatives about a McCarthy Speakership – he has been acting like he’s The title He is a perfect fit for the job, and has done absolutely nothing to earn it except to wheel and deal his way up to the top.

The entire D.C. establishment – from Republicans to lobbyists – has been preparing for a McCarthy speakership. This is a big deal, with major conservative voices such as Charlie Kirk and Mark Levin, plus Congressional conservative favourites like Jim Jordan. The leading class of Republicans and conservatives have decided that they’ve just got to have a smooth transition to leadership rather than fight to make sure that they use their (slim) majority in the most conservative way possible.

But the work to actually secure the votes didn’t start until very recently. Because he just assumed he would walk into the Speaker’s office, he didn’t put in the work to get there. This is a sign of the entitlement mentality many of our elites display. They just assume the position they want will be theirs, and he didn’t actually put any work into securing it. He believed he deserved it.

He already moved his stuff into the office, for God’s sake.

McCarthy, the GOP Leader, has moved into the speakers’ suite. However, if he doesn’t secure 218 he will have his stuff moved back out.⁦@AllieRaffa⁩ pic.twitter.com/Lb2swMgQ2p

— Haley Talbot (@haleytalbotnbc) January 2, 2023

But, it’s that entitled behavior – McCarthy’s assumption that the job should just be his – that should raise all sorts of red flags. When a politician acts like they deserve the job just for being next in line, it’s no wonder that people would be skeptical. McCarthy hasn’t shown he will move the ball down the field for conservatives. As Erick Erickson pointed out this morningMcCarthy has repeatedly turned to Democrats to obtain votes for appropriations bills, thereby sustaining large Washington spending.

Ending McCarthy’s term as Speaker would be the most disruptive and upsetting way for conservatives, to undermine the Washington establishment. McCarthy, the Republican Leader, has not passed any appropriations measures to fund the government, and he relies on Democrats for that.

Ending McCarthy’s chance to be Speaker is the ultimate conservative act. Many people want to know who the replacement is. It really doesn’t matter much, it just matters that it is not McCarthy. And no plausible alternative is going to step forward until McCarthy is beaten because, again, all of K-Street, the establishment, and the media mouthpieces humping McCarthy’s leg would just destroy them.

It appears that a handful of conservatives are picking up on that and the fact that McCarthy’s political career has been more professional ladder climber than conservative stalwart. They are trying to disrupt the system because they believe in the Trump-era mantra of “draining the swamp” You can run with it.

This would be a major disruption to Washington D.C.’s status quo and would alarm the Democrats and lobbyists. Is the GOP a party? You are required Apart from the plan, “Stop McCarthy”? No. They didn’t when they stood up to him seven years ago, and the party went with Paul Ryan – not the most conservative stalwart, either, but had a strong enough grasp on conservative policy that he got the Trump tax cuts across the finish line.

That’s the key here for the GOP. They must show that they are able to stand up against the Establishment and make the Establishment move to the left. You don’t need to have a viable alternative. It is enough to make the party change.

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