Nmid a festering feud in the Republican-led House between some of the conference’s most conservative members and its leaders – and now within leadership – South Carolina GOP Rep. Ralph Norman says House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has lost the trust of his conservative wing.

“The trust factor is not there, and I told [McCarthy.] Me along with others said, ‘You just don’t have it now,’ ” Norman, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said Friday. “And whether he can repair it, is up to Kevin. He wanted the job. And let’s let him try to repair it if he can, or if he really cares to.”

Norman was referring to the conservatives’ revolt on the House floor Tuesday, partly in response to the debt ceiling compromise between McCarthy and President Biden that some conservatives think failed to extract enough spending cuts.

“There’s a growing number of us that are going to do whatever it takes to have meaningful reform and spending cuts now,” Norman also said.