A potentially contentious day could be in store on Capitol Hill as a challenge to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is being plotted by Congressional members of the Republican party. Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt said the “legacy media” is feasting on a tired trope.
In a series of tweets Monday, Hewitt said reporting from several outlets offered potential “alternatives” to McCarthy in part because they “love narratives of GOP in chaos”.
Hewitt continued by saying those opposing McCarthy — including Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) — are feeding that narrative to the media as a way to create discourse.
He also added it’s “just terrible journalism” to claim there are any alternatives to the current Speaker.
