Michael Steele: Kevin McCarthy ‘Created’ MTG Until She Whacked Him on the Head with a Hammer

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STEELE: "Look, this is — this was created not by, you know, Mike Johnson or the current caucus. This was Kevin McCarthy’s creation. This was Matt Gaetz creation. We forget how they sort of pushed her to the front of the line because she kind of brought that energy and she was ready and willing to throw the hammer, right? And Kevin loved it until she turned around and whacked him upside the head with the hammer. So, they created this. They gave her the power. You know, remember, the last speaker, you know, before McCarthy, you know, they tried to contain all of this. They tried, 'No, we’re not going to give you the posh committee assignments.' Right? Paul Ryan and others were like, 'No, we’re not doing crazy. We’re actually trying to govern here. We are the minority that’s trying to move the needle in our direction, and this doesn’t help us.' And McCarthy undid all of that and here we are. So, there’s no sympathy here. There’s no 'Oh, we’re concerned about what happens to the GOP' at this point. They made this bed."