The crowd went wild on Thursday in Las Vegas when Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told his audience at a campaign stop that Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) had dropped out of the running for House speaker.
He also took credit for McCarthy quitting the race.
“McCarthy is out — you know that right?” Trump said. “And they’re giving me a lot of credit for that because I said you really need somebody very, very tough. And very smart. You know smart goes with tough. Not just tough. I know tough people that aren’t smart. That’s the worst.”
McCarthy dropped out of the race for speaker Thursday seemingly not confident enough that he would garner enough votes from House Republicans — though he had secured support, including from the man whose job he was gunning for — House speaker John Boehner (R-OH).
Trump had criticized McCarthy’s ability to do well in the position, a stance he echoed on Twitter.
“But we need smart, we need tough, we need the whole package,” he told the Vegas crowd.
Watch Trump’s comment:
Trump also intimated he developed the Polio vaccine. Just sayin’…
Quelle surprise! A way to have a Drumpf thread on a day when there are other things in the news.
Who’s “They?” “They,” as in your staff?
Please. A week ago he had no idea who Kevin McCarthy was and and I would bet 20 bucks to his nickel he can’t name a dozen members of the House today.
Trump also took credit for another big event that day…
“You know, I don’t like the dark. The dark is bad, We don’t need more dark. So imagine that, I come out and say that there is too much dark and what happens? The sun comes up! I mean, I don’t like dark…the sun comes up…I’m not saying it came up cause of me, you know, but I mean, let’s give credit where credit is due.”