'He may have the title, but Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz, they all share the job,” Eric Swalwell said.
“He may have the title, but Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz, they all share the job,” Eric Swalwell said.
Rep. Eric Swalwell said the problem is that Speaker Kevin McCarthy is “only worried about his own job and keeping it” rather than those of Americans who would be impacted by the government shutdown. | Francis Chung/POLITICOKevin McCarthy may have the title of House speaker but there are other Republicans holding the reins as the government stumbles toward a shutdown, Rep. Eric Swalwell said Sunday.
“Kevin McCarthy is a spectator speaker. He may have the title, but Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz, they all share the job,” Swalwell said on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki.” Swalwell’s comments Sunday are part of a broader criticism of McCarthy who has faced backlash from fellow Republicans accusing him of failing to lead his party, which holds a slim majority in the House.
The House has yet to pass legislation to fund the government amid Republican infighting with hardliners who
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