Prominent Republican Leaders Sign a Letter in Support of the 20 GOP House Members Opposing McCarthy for Speaker

A group of prominent conservative leaders signed a letter yesterday sharing their support for the courageous GOP members of the US House who are standing up against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker.  

Twenty courageous GOP members in the House are standing up and saying and showing that they will not vote for Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House.  Many feel that these are the real conservatives in the party.

Many also believe that McCarthy is a card-carrying DC swamp member.  These twenty GOP representatives refust to vote for McCarthy for that reason.  They believe a McCarthy Speakership will be more of the same.

With the country facing its greatest crisis since the Civil War, these GOP Representatives know that we need a courageous leader not a chameleon.

The Daily Caller reported:

Dozens of prominent conservatives, including a former attorney general for the Reagan administration, released a letter Wednesday in support of the 20 House Republicans standing between Rep. Kevin McCarthy and his bid for the speakership.

“Months ago, these members made clear that this established way of doing things was no longer acceptable,” the Conservative Action Project letter said. “Rather than engage them in a good faith negotiation, Rep. Kevin McCarthy has instead maligned both the requests and the messengers. He has publicly and through proxies leveled attacks against members of his own party, including threatening to deny committee assignments for those who continue to oppose him.”

Some of the signees included Edwin Meese III, former attorney general for Ronald Reagan, Ginni Thomas, president of Liberty Consulting and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Jim DeMint, chairman of the Conservative Partnership Institute and former U.S. senator.

Below is a copy of the letter found here.

January 4, 2023
Washington, DC

Conservative organizations and the millions of grassroots conservatives we represent are united in our support of the 20 courageous members of Congress seeking to change the status quo in Washington.

Over the past decade, the House has grown increasingly autocratic. Rank and file members are routinely denied a chance to participate in the legislative process, committees are ignored, deals and loopholes for interests abound, and there is virtually no amendment process for any bills, large or small. The outcome reflects the process: bills that cater to a handful of members in leadership and K street lobbyists, but ignore the priorities of the voters.

Months ago, these members made clear that this established way of doing things was no longer acceptable. They made public a series of proposed reforms designed to democratize the House – to engage the broader membership in legislating, and bring accountability back to the People’s House.

Rather than engage them in a good faith negotiation, Rep. Kevin McCarthy has instead maligned both the requests and the messengers. He has publicly and through proxies leveled attacks against members of his own party, including threatening to deny committee assignments for those who continue to oppose him. Moreover, he has failed to answer for, or commit to halting, his coordinated efforts in the 2022 elections to promote moderate Republican candidates over conservatives.

Because of this, he has thus far failed to garner the 218 votes necessary to lead the House GOP conference in three separate rounds of voting. The job of the Speaker is to garner consensus among disparate factions of the party, and unite them.

These members represents the millions of voters across the country who are disgusted with the business-as-usual, self-interested governance in Washington. We stand behind them and beside them in their courageous efforts to find a Speaker of the House who will represent the interests of conservatives. We encourage more conservative members to join their ranks.

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The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell Chairman, Conservative Action Project Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.	Jenny Beth Martin Chairman Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
L. Brent Bozell III Founder and President Media Research Center	The Honorable Jim DeMint Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
David N. Bossie President Citizens United	Lori Roman President ACRU Action Fund
Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq. President and CEO First Liberty Institute	Andrew Roth President State Freedom Caucus Network
Ed Corrigan Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute	Cleta Mitchell, Esq. Senior Legal Fellow Conservative Partnership Institute
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop White House Advisor President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)	Tom Jones Co-Founder American Accountability Foundation
The Honorable Edwin Meese III Attorney General President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)	The Honorable Bob McEwen U.S. House of Representatives Former Member, Ohio
Thomas E. McClusky Principal Greenlight Strategies, LLC	The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell President The Leadership Institute
The Honorable Russ Vought Director Office of Management and Budget (2020-2021)	Noah Wall Executive Vice President FreedomWorks
William L. Walton The Bill Walton Show Resolute Protector Foundation	Myron Ebell Director, Center for Energy and Environment Competitive Enterprise Institute
David Bozell President ForAmerica	Ginni Thomas President Liberty Consulting
Terry Schilling President American Principles Project	Alfred S. Regnery President Republic Book Publishers
Chad Connelly Founder and President Faith Wins	Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Executive Chairman Center for Security Policy
The Honorable David McIntosh President Club for Growth	Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.) Executive Vice President Family Research Council
Scott T. Parkinson Vice President for Government Affairs Club for Growth	Wesley Denton Chief Operating Officer Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
Seton Motley President Less Government	Khadine Ritter Chair Eagle Forum of Ohio
Kristen A. Ullman President Eagle Forum	Dr. Virginia Armstrong Nat’l. Chrm., Law & Worldview Program Eagle Forum
Karen England President Capitol Resource Institute	The Honorable Gary L. Bauer President American Values
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr. Managing Editor ConservativeHQ.com	Mike Davis Founder and President Article III Project (A3P) and Internet Accountability Project (IAP)
Allen J. Hebert Chairman American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston	Ralph Rebandt Former 2022 Gubernatorial candidate Ralph Rebandt for Michigan Governor
The Honorable Louis F. Terhar Ohio State Senator (Ret.) CNP, Board of Governors	C. Preston Noell III President Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Melvin Adams President Noah Webster Educational Foundation	Carol Rebandt Chief of Staff 2022 Campaign to elect Ralph Rebandt for Michigan Governor
Floyd Brown Founder The Western Journal	Debbie Georgatos Host, America Can We Talk? CWT Publications, LLC
Rob Gluskin Managing Partner Gluskin Investment Partners	Richard Rounsavelle Trustee MRC
The Honorable Mike Hill Former Member Florida State House	Robert K. Fischer Meeting Coordinator Conservatives of Faith
Dr. John C. Eastman Partner Constitutional Counsel Group	Debbie Wuthnow President IVoterGuide
The Honorable George Dunlop Senior Policy Advisor Trump Transition 2017 Trump Transition 2017	Sheryl Kaufman Board Member Americans for Limited Government
Ron Armstrong President Stand Up Michigan Inc.	Ned Jones Deputy Director Election Integrity Network
The Honorable Steve King Member, U.S. Congress (Ret.)	The Honorable Jake Hoffman President & CEO 1TEN | A Creative Agency
The Honorable Laurin Hendrix Representative Elect AZ Legislature	The Honorable Anthony Kern Member Arizona State Senate
Brigitte Gabriel CEO, ACT For America ACT For America	The Honorable Jacqueline Parker Member AZ State House of Representatives
Jessie Jane Duff Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps (ret) 2020 Campaign Co-Chair Veterans for Trump	Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D. Founders and CEO Corstet LLC

All organizations listed for IDENTIFICATION purposes only.

What a handsome group of Representatives – any one of them could be a great Speaker of the House.

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