Wahh! Wahh! Kevin hurt Baby Trump's feelings, so Kevin had to promise him ice cream -- in the form of a House vote on expunging Trump's TWO impeachments. Here's the scoop, via Morning Joe:
"Now, we're learning of a promise House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly made to Donald Trump. McCarthy suggested in an interview last month that Trump may not be the best 2024 presidential candidate," Willie Geist said.
Oh noes! Kevin touched The Precious!
"Trump, infuriated by McCarthy's comments, insisted he had to make up for it. This is according to Politico. McCarthy promised the House would vote to expunge the two impeachments against Trump before the August recess. But that promise puts McCarthy in a bind. Several moderate House Republicans are hesitant, of course, to revisit Trump's impeachments, especially the charges stemming from the January 6th insurrection.
"The speaker has denied he made this promise to Trump, indicating he would discuss the matter with members of his caucus. Jonathan Martin, this is from not your reporting specifically but from Politico, your outlet.
"This falls in line with everything we've known about Speaker McCarthy over the last several years, particularly since January 6th and his relationship with Donald Trump, was if he or anyone else in the party backhandedly, mistakenly, whatever it is, makes some oblique criticism of donald trump, they've got to scramble to make up for it."
"Seven years and counting of a party that is handcuffed to the whims of Donald J. Trump. It never changes. This is the kind of story that comes out when that is your plot in life politically, Willie. Yeah, Kevin McCarthy basically blurted out during a television interview that he didn't think Trump was the best candidate in 2024 in the general election. He didn't say it exactly, but in so many words, and Trump was infuriated," Martin said.
"McCarthy promised he'd help Trump expunge the two previous impeachments on the House floor. First of all, that is constitutionally questionable. How you can expunge previous impeachments from previous congresses? But again, McCarthy is trying to buy himself some time. The challenge you have is a five-seat majority that the GOP has in the House, and you have plenty of Republicans in that majority who do not want to take a vote on expunging Donald Trump from his previous impeachments, especially as he's about to face a federal indictment for his role, it looks like, inciting the riot of January 6th.
"One of those two indictments is directly tied to his conduct leading up to January 6th. Willie, bottom line, it is a mess of McCarthy's own making here, and it is just one more illustration of a party that just can't quit Donald Trump. It is tied to him why? Because their voters don't want to move on. That's the bottom line here, guys. This is a voter issue. The leaders are deferring to their voters."
Yeah, I call bullshit. People like Martin and his publication have made a career about acting as a propaganda machine for the Republican party, and as a result, they have made extreme changes they could only dream about before Trump, but now it's "poor Republicans just can't quit Donald Trump."
I put that right up there with "people of the face-eating tigers party can't believe the tigers would eat THEIR faces." Get your head out of your ass, Republicans. You made your deal with the devil, and no one made you. When you say you can't quit Trump, you mean you don't want to give up your seat on the right-wing gravy train.
Poor babies!
