Meanwhile, McCarthy congratulated Trump on his speech to the CPAC: “This is the forgotten guy and woguy whose voice Donald Trump paid attention to and no one else would pay attention to,” he said.
McCarthy broke up with Trump in January when he, the former president, had “some responsibility” for the attack on the Capitol. He flew to Mar-a-Lago weeks later to fix things and meet with Trump to plan a takeover of the House by the Republican Party in 2022.
Cheney shuddered last month when he voted to accuse Trump and Trump-aligned members of Congress when Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Republican for Florida, temporarily called for his impeonment of space leadership.
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But 145 members of the House Republican Conference ended up supporting Cheney, and 61 Trump loyals voted to pull her out of her leadership role in a previous secret poll earlier this month.
During the meeting, McCarthy strongly supported Cheney.
“This Republican Party is a tent, everyone is invited,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy and Cheney had an awkward conversation with reporters last week about whether Trump is speaking at CPAC.
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“Yes, I should, ” said McCarthy in a brief reaction after having been through a reporter.
“It’s based on CPAC,” Cheney said in reaction to the same question. “I’ve been transparent about my perspectives on President Trump and the extent to which, after January 6, I don’t think it plays a long-term role. party or country. “