McCarthy stymied by Arizona co-loons Gosar and Biggs
This is what you get when you don’t merely bow and scrape but slither on your greasy sold-out stomach begging right-wing Republicans for support. You’d think Kevin McCarthy would be better at this. After all, he is the Republican member of Congress who attempted to stand up to Trump when the going got tough on Jan. 6, 2021, asking him to call off his dogs and let the Congress get back to business, only to be told, “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.”
Nine days after Biden’s inauguration, McCarthy was moved to fly down to Mar a Lago and apologize for his impertinence in the face of a mob that attacked and injured more than 140 police officers, as the mob made its way to looting the Speaker’s office he wants so badly to occupy.
Even with all that practice at prostrating himself, McCarthy got laid low this morning by the co-loons from Arizona when Paul Gosar, who can barely form cohesive sentences, stood up and nominated his running buddy Andy Biggs to run against McCarthy for Speaker.
At this writing, the number of Republicans not voting for McCarthy is approaching 20, which guarantees the vote will go to a second ballot.
If on subsequent ballots some Republicans begin to vote “present” or abstain, there is at least an outside chance that the Democratic caucus could hold together and be able to elect Hakeem Jeffries to the Speakership.
Coddling the crazies is no way to go about leading the House, son.
Just heard an analysis of what it would take for Jeffries to be elected with all the Democrats. That would require approximately 10 Republicans to abstain or vote present instead of voting for McCarthy or another Republican they would put up. Can't see them being that self destructive but with this group of bat crap crazies, who knows.
What I do know is this vote has laid bare for any citizen to see is the fact a way too large segment of the GOP Congress is made up of bomb throwers who would rather lather from the mouth on one crazier cause or another rather than govern. They have become so because they have been rewarded for adopting that personna back home in their gerrymandered red districts and the never ending appeal of appearing on Fox and Friends for some face time rather than in the hard tedious work of legislating. A far too large percentage of the GOP now believes getting elected is performance art.
However this turns out we are in for two years of investigations, hearings and show trials. And, come 2024 the party which made that possible will go back and ask for not just another two years but for we the people to put someone like them in the White House.
It seems like only yesterday that we were told (not by you, Lucian) what a cohesive group the GOP were compared with the Democratic cats who refused to be herded. So pleased to see the shoe on the other foot now. And even better if it comes with an ankle bracelet for those who gave comfort to the criminals of Jan. 6.