House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday expressed some doubt that former President Donald Trump is the best GOP candidate to defeat President Joe Biden and win back the White House next year.
In an interview on CNBC, McCarthy initially said that the former president could beat Biden in November 2024.
“Yeah, he can beat Biden,” said McCarthy, who added that “Trump’s policies are better, straightforward than Biden’s policies.”
Asked if Trump can win the general election given two criminal cases in which he’s the defendant, McCarthy signaled that the former president may not be the strongest option.
“Can he win that election? Yeah, he can,” McCarthy said. “The question is, is he the strongest to win the election? I don’t know that answer. But can somebody, can anybody beat Biden? Yeah, anybody can beat Biden.”
He’d better get his knee pads on. He’s going to have to start crawling. STAT.
Update — Kevin on his knees:
“As usual, the media is attempting to drive a wedge between President Trump and House Republicans as our committees are holding Biden’s DOJ accountable for their two-tiered levels of justice,” McCarthy said in a brief conversation with Breitbart News on Tuesday. “The only reason Biden is using his weaponized federal government to go after President Trump is because he is Biden’s strongest political opponent, as polling continues to show.”