
McCarthy gives Trump credit for victory: "He was all in"

Newly-elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy thanked former President Donald Trump for helping him get the votes, telling reporters: "I don’t think anybody should doubt his influence."
"He was with me from the beginning — somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there — and he was all in. He would call me and he would call others. And he really was — I was just talking to him tonight — helping get those final votes."
McCarthy, who spoke with Rep. Matt Gaetz on the floor between the 14th*and 15th*ballot, told CNN’s Manu Raju: "At the end of the night, Matt got everybody there from the point that nobody voted against the other way, so it actually helped unite people."
*Coughs violently*
He also dismissed concerns that tonight’s drama on the floor is a taste of what is to come in the House over the next two years.
*Breathes hard*
Yes I expect that.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-leadership-vote-01-06-23/index.html
