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To: scion who wrote (12830)2/27/2021 10:56:45 AM
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POLITICO Playbook: Trump stewing over McCarthy again ahead of big CPAC speech

By TARA PALMERI 02/27/2021 09:55 AM EST Updated 02/27/2021 10:02 AM EST
politico.com

Three people close to Trump tell me that he’s stewing anew over KEVIN MCCARTHY. It’s become so frequent that his advisers think the House minority leader may be in for a public reprimand. That’s even after the powwow at Mar-a-Lago where McCarthy tried to patch things up after he denounced Trump for the violence on Jan. 6.

The reason for Trump’s displeasure: an emboldened Cheney.


Each time Cheney criticizes Trump from her leadership post as the No. 3 House Republican, he’s reminded that it was McCarthy who pleaded with his conference to keep her on as chair — despite her vote to impeach Trump. The latest trigger came Wednesday, when Cheney said at a press conference that Trump should not lead the party going forward while McCarthy awkwardly stood by.

We’ll see whether McCarthy can get to Trump before his speech Sunday. He seems to already be trying to work his way back into Trump’s good graces. On Thursday, McCarthy took a swipe at Cheney on Fox News, suggesting that she supports cancel culture.

Trump signaled Friday that he’s ready to tangle in McCarthy’s conference, endorsing Rep. ANTHONY GONZALEZ’S (R-Ohio) primary challenger, MAX MILLER, a former aide to the president. Gonzalez voted for impeachment.

Despite the tensions, a Trump aide said he plans to downplay the extent of the rift in his CPAC speech by dismissing the GOP establishment altogether. “The only divide in the Republican Party is between the grassroots and a half a dozen Beltway insiders,” he’s expected to say.


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