2024 ELECTION: “Despite his large lead in a crowded Republican primary field, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he does not know if Donald Trump is the ‘strongest’ candidate to take on President Joe Biden in the 2024 election.
In an interview on CNBC, Mr McCarthy said Mr Trump can beat Mr Biden but that he’s not sure another Republican couldn’t do better. Later in the day, the speaker appeared to walk back the remarks by telling Breitbart that the former president is ‘stronger today than he was in 2016’.”
-Oliver O’Connell, “Trump news – live: Kevin McCarthy unsure Trump ‘strongest’ Republican candidate against Joe Biden in 2024,” independent.co.uk, June 28, 2023