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should mccarthy testify at jack smith's hearing? poll
25 Jan 2026 12:58 pm
I vote yes.
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Trump’s call for a government shutdown showed support for the far-right Republicans’ rebellion against McCarthy. The anti-McCarthy bloc, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, demanded sweeping spending cuts and hard-line immigration policy that McCarthy knew would never make it through the Democratically controlled Senate. Even though Gaetz’s crew likely knew that its extremist proposals were futile, Trump’s public advocacy for a shutdown as a political goal unto itself made its members look like authentic MAGA champions sticking up for the base.As Gaetz led an effort to oust McCarthy from the speakership, Trump could have intervened on his behalf and given McCarthy something for his years of meek devotion. He chose not to. Instead, he deliberately sat on the sidelines and took an outwardly neutral position. Hours before the vote that ousted McCarthy, Trump asked on Truth Social, “Why is it that Republicans are always fighting among themselves, why aren’t they fighting the Radical Left Democrats who are destroying our country?” Trump’s anodyne take about GOP infighting demonstrated that he wasn’t looking to help a friend out but that he was a fair-weather friend.\
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Trump’s call for a government shutdown showed support for the far-right Republicans’ rebellion against McCarthy. The anti-McCarthy bloc, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, demanded sweeping spending cuts and hard-line immigration policy that McCarthy knew would never make it through the Democratically controlled Senate. Even though Gaetz’s crew likely knew that its extremist proposals were futile, Trump’s public advocacy for a shutdown as a political goal unto itself made its members look like authentic MAGA champions sticking up for the base.As Gaetz led an effort to oust McCarthy from the speakership, Trump could have intervened on his behalf and given McCarthy something for his years of meek devotion. He chose not to. Instead, he deliberately sat on the sidelines and took an outwardly neutral position. Hours before the vote that ousted McCarthy, Trump asked on Truth Social, “Why is it that Republicans are always fighting among themselves, why aren’t they fighting the Radical Left Democrats who are destroying our country?” Trump’s anodyne take about GOP infighting demonstrated that he wasn’t looking to help a friend out but that he was a fair-weather friend.\