McCarthy leaving House at the end of the Year

[soundforbjt]

Title says it all, McCarthy is leaving. Saw it on the news.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the ousted speaker, announces he’s leaving Congress

The California Republican will exit the House at the end of this year, he wrote in a op-ed.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Read the same.
Good.
Beat it.
Kevin is untrustworthy in every sense of the word, beholden to Trump whom he cannot stand and a wimp.
Politics is a game for the tough.

 

[eelw]

Lol how long can Newsome delay by election for vacant seat?

 

[hal2kilo]

Lol how long can Newsome delay by election for vacant seat?

Good question. It's Pub heaven out near Bakersfield.

 

[Brainonska511]

I hope the door hits him on the way out.

 

[eelw]

But wonder why he’d leave before giving the boot to Gaetz? Ethics committee moving to interview more people. Unless he knows not enough votes to expel him.

 

[dullard]

Lol how long can Newsome delay by election for vacant seat?

It says right in the article. The governor has up to 2 weeks to decide when the election is after the vacancy occurs. The election must be 126 to 140 days after the announcement from the governor. Thus: 126 to 154 days. Just over 4 months to just over 5 months.

It must be on a Tuesday and not after a state holiday (making May 28th not an option). That leaves June 4th as a likely date if it is to be extended as far as possible.

 

[esquared]

Eric Swalwell said this a couple days ago and McCarthy said previously not he's not resigning and he's running for reelection in 24.

Swalwell predicts McCarthy will leave Congress in coming weeks

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) predicted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will leave Congress by the end of the year, following former Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) historic expulsion Friday…

thehill.com

I guess k-mac changed his mind.

 

[feralkid]

Oh no, N E Way

 

[manly]

But wonder why he’d leave before giving the boot to Gaetz? Ethics committee moving to interview more people. Unless he knows not enough votes to expel him.

Gaetz is surely celebrating with a 17 year old or two tonight.

 

[JTsyo]

So is McCarthy timing this to intentionally screw the GOP? With Santos out too, their majority is very slim.

 

[dullard]

So is McCarthy timing this to intentionally screw the GOP? With Santos out too, their majority is very slim.

If he stays in, the GOP has an 8 seat majority. Thus if 4 of them vote with Democrats, there is a 217 R - 217 D tie and the bill fails. If McCarthy leaves, the GOP has a 7 seat majority. Thus if 4 of them vote with Democrats, there is a 216 R - 217 D vote and the bill fails. Essentially, McCarthy leaving does nothing to screw the GOP at least in the short term until Santos is replaced.

But if McCarthy instead sided with the Democrats on a couple key votes, then the GOP could only lose 2 others if they want to pass a bill (because they'd have a 6 seat majority and losing 3 votes means a 217-217 tie and the bill fails). THAT would screw the GOP much more than quitting. But it would also screw McCarthy's post-house career.

Conclusion: McCarthy is saving himself and not intentionally screwing the GOP.

 

[manly]

So is McCarthy timing this to intentionally screw the GOP? With Santos out too, their majority is very slim.

Basically he's tasted real power, and doesn't like being just another Rep. in the House. Since his only path to the U.S. Senate would be to move to a red state, his Plan B is to become a swamp lobbyist. The L.A. Times reports he's prepared himself to be a full-time grifter:

Since 2012, McCarthy’s leadership PAC spent more than 10 times what other Congressional leaders did on private jets, restaurants and lodging.

It's fucken insane what his so-called leadership PAC gets away with, because the FEC has basically decided to not regulate them at all. Here's the LAT article with damning details, all "legal." The only guys who even compete with McCarthy were Rep. John Boehner and Sen. John Thune. Hopefully you can get through the paywall, if interested.

https://twitter.com/ktumulty/status/1732768750506570184

 

[feralkid]

There is not a door in the world too large to hit him in the ass on his way out.

 

[Moonbeam]

It would be hard to find a better example of the soul destroying effects created by the sycophancy that accompanies those suffering from Stockholm Syndrome unless one were to confine one's search to within the Republican Party.

 

[akugami]

McCarthy: "My father always told me: It's not how you start, it's how you finish."

And you finished with a whimper, after being beaten and kicked like a stray dog trying to come in out of the rain.

What a joke.

 

[akugami]

And just in case anyone feels any type of sympathy for McJackass, he still supports Trump for president, and is angling for a cabinet spot.

Kevin McCarthy endorses Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet

Retiring Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the ousted House speaker, says he is endorsing Donald Trump for president.

apnews.com

 

[Fenixgoon]

And just in case anyone feels any type of sympathy for McJackass, he still supports Trump for president, and is angling for a cabinet spot.

Kevin McCarthy endorses Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet

Retiring Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the ousted House speaker, says he is endorsing Donald Trump for president.

apnews.com

I wish I could say this is unbelievable but it's entirely par for the course

 

[Fanatical Meat]

McCarthy: "My father always told me: It's not how you start, it's how you finish."

And you finished with a whimper, after being beaten and kicked like a stray dog trying to come in out of the rain.

What a joke.

He is the ultimate Cuck sort of like Pence

 

[Brainonska511]

He is the ultimate Cuck sort of like Pence

They're all a bunch of sycophants. If they couldn't even bring themselves to denounce Trumpism when Trump tried to coup the government, why would we expect them to do anything different now?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

They're all a bunch of sycophants. If they couldn't even bring themselves to denounce Trumpism when Trump tried to coup the government, why would we expect them to do anything different now?

To be a god damned Man. He doesn’t need to be re-elected

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I can't find the other thread, unless it was the bigger speaker thread .....

California sets a special election for US House seat left vacant by exit of former Speaker McCarthy​

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has set a mid-March special election date to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

 

[cytg111]

Gaetz true motive for booting Kevin

COMMON ELMO ... if there ever was an opportunity for a "pedo" tweet, this is it.

 

[hal2kilo]

Don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you got till it's gone...

Republicans admit it. Kevin McCarthy has never looked so good.

House GOP insiders view the new speaker as a man perpetually without a plan.

www.politico.com

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Today's the day?

Not much in choices here:

Trump-backed legislator, county sheriff face off for McCarthy’s vacant US House seat in California​

A California legislator backed by former President Donald Trump and a county sheriff promising to fight for tougher border security are facing off in a special election to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of ousted former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.