"He's got to turn himself around," McCarthy told reporters. Retiring Sen. Richard Burr -- the senior GOP senator from North Carolina -- told CNN he won't be getting involved in Cawthorn's primary, but added: "On any given day, he's an embarrassment." (In the 2020 GOP primary runoff election, Trump endorsed Lynda Bennett , White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' pick to take his old House seat.) The Constitution gives you the age when you can serve in Congress," McCarthy told reporters. "That's the problem right now," said unaffiliated North Carolina GOP strategist Jim Blaine, a former top staffer for state Senate president Phil Berger.

Source: CNN April 01, 2022 02:20 UTC