Who has the scoop on the major announcement tomorrow? Spill it!
Maggie Haberman
@maggieNYT
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NEWS: Trump has been making calls to R members to whip for McCarthy among the holdouts. It’s been tough going
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Maggie Haberman
@maggieNYT
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Trump has called Eli Crane and Ralph Norman, among others. He is not doing a hard sell, but his desire for McCarthy to be Speaker - which he sees as better than some alternatives - is clear
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1602814828921425922
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1602817396280098819
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/us/politics/trump-mccarthy-speaker-republicans-freedom-caucus.html
"Even Mr. Trump, perhaps the most influential voice in the hard-right faction of the party, has had little success to date in moving lawmakers over to Mr. McCarthy’s side. Mr. Trump, who has announced he is running for president again in 2024, has been calling members who are ambivalent, at best, about Mr. McCarthy’s bid for the speakership and trying to persuade them that it is the best option, according to three people familiar with the calls.
Mr. Trump, according to people close to him, is not entirely sold on the notion of Mr. McCarthy as a strong speaker. But he considers Mr. McCarthy better than the alternative, including improbable scenarios in which the job instead might go to a moderate who can draw some votes from Democrats, or in which a handful of Republicans defect and help to elect a Democratic speaker."
>Mr. Trump, according to people close to him, is not entirely sold on the notion of Mr. McCarthy as a strong speaker. But he considers Mr. McCarthy better than the alternative
Stay strong guys! Don't budge!