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A political prediction for the new year
American Thinker ^ | 1 Jan, 2923 | David Zukerman

Posted on 01/01/2023 6:28:11 AM PST by MtnClimber

How will Kevin McCarthy do as House speaker?

Kevin McCarthy, as the next speaker of the House of Representatives, will be a disappointing leader who will demoralize the MAGA majority across the land but bring joy and gladness to the Deep State.

How can this observer be so certain of this dire outcome in the event of McCarthy's accession to the speakership? By means of the lead editorial in The Wall Street Journal, December 31, "The Trump Tax Return Precedent" — sharply criticizing the action of the House Democrat majority (to end, thanks be to the Almighty, on January 3) in releasing the tax returns of former president Donald J. Trump.

The Journal pointed out, three paragraphs from the end of the editorial:

The release sets a terrible precedent for the treatment of private [emphasis added] information by Congress. The Supreme Court last month declined to block the [House Committee] on Ways and Means seizure of Mr. Trump's tax returns, holding that Congress can define for itself what legislative purposes are suitable to snoop on presidential records.

Let's pause at this point. The action of the high Court, giving House Democrats license to make public the Trump tax returns, is of a piece with the Court's acceptance of the travesty of the actions taken by the House Democrats (plus two renegade — now former — GOP

SNIP

So what is to be done? If House Republicans had a leader committed to justice, due process, fair play, and accountability for rogue conduct, that leader would declare that as first order of business by the House, any and all Democrats responsible for executing a de facto bill of attainder against Mr. Trump will be brought up on charges before the House Ethics Committee, and liable to ouster from the House of Representatives.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: california; january6th; kevinmccarthy; rinos; speakerofthehouse
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To: DesertRhino

As I recall, while Donald Trump was President, the House passed Obamacare recall 51 times. It could not get past the Senate. Conservatives blame Mitch McConnel but he could do nothing magic

Some how though, Paul Ryan and President Trump gathered enough support to pass the largest tax cut in history. Ryan is hated and reviled because he did not pass all the desired conservative legislation. He accepted the Speaker job grudgingly and passed his lifetime accomplishment tax law

The legislative process is stymied except for money matters.

America is now governed by Executive Order and Supreme Court review of those orders


21 posted on 01/01/2023 7:16:30 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality daythis piece is )
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To: MtnClimber

McCarthy is controlled by or allied with the Democrats.

Any Republican who votes for him is corrupt or compromised somehow.


22 posted on 01/01/2023 7:24:21 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: Jim Noble

I don’t think Republicans would vote for Hakeem. Not going to happen.


23 posted on 01/01/2023 7:26:25 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: bert
Some how though, Paul Ryan and President Trump gathered enough support to pass the largest tax cut in history

That was easy. Your rulers, the "donor community", are fine with tax cuts.

24 posted on 01/01/2023 7:37:19 AM PST by Jim Noble (You have sat too long for any good you have been doing)
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To: MtnClimber
I don’t think Republicans would vote for Hakeem. Not going to happen

First of all, imagine the media environment when the House fails to elect a Speaker. "Constitutional crisis", "National emergency", "The People's business neglected", "Racist Republicans won't vote for the man with the most votes".

Ballot after ballot, Jeffries 214, McCarthy 188, MAGA 33. What is more likely, that 4 liberal Republicans will wilt under pressure and elect Jeffries, or that McCarthy's 188 voters will a) give up, and b) switch to an actual conservative?

There are probably at least ten, maybe more, Republicans more aligned with Jeffries than McCarthy to start with. There are at least 100, maybe more, McCarthy Republicans who will never vote for a conservative.

A man's got to know his limitations. It's McCarthy, or Jeffries.

25 posted on 01/01/2023 7:45:24 AM PST by Jim Noble (You have sat too long for any good you have been doing)
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To: mountainlion

That’s optimistic


26 posted on 01/01/2023 7:50:00 AM PST by Nifster (OI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: bert
America is now governed by Executive Order and Supreme Court review of those orders

And therein lies the reason to regard the Jan 6 SCOTUS case conference. A second case regarding mail-in ballots has been added to the conference in the past week.

The conservatives left on SCOTUS have seen the globalists capture the US Presidency and Congress, neutralizing them both by violating their oaths of office to protect our Constitution. These 2 cases have the possibility to drastically re-arrange Congress and the WH.

27 posted on 01/01/2023 8:01:34 AM PST by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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To: MtnClimber

Kwvin WILL be House Speaker at a House version of Mitch McConnell (And Hastert, Boehner and Ryan). He will cut deals with Democrats to fund more trillion dollar spending bills with no chance of veto from that psychopath Biden.


28 posted on 01/01/2023 8:29:03 AM PST by Kaiser8408a (z)
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To: Kaiser8408a

If McCarthy ends up as speaker GOP will find HUGE numbers of their base just dropping out!! It took me 50+ years to drop out I am a slow learner we kept hoping YET kept losing our country!! I AM DONE, I hope the younger generation finds a way to restore their nation HOWEVER as weaponized as the government has become I don’t have much faith left!!!


29 posted on 01/01/2023 8:36:45 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

“If McCarthy ends up as speaker GOP will find HUGE numbers of their base just dropping out”...doubtful.

Most people, those who vote Republican, probably don’t even know McCarthy’s name. Secondly I doubt Republican voters are going to “drop out” as you say over who is Speaker.

How many people do you think there are that actively frequent and support this site?? Now take that number, whatever it is, and that is how many will drop out as you say. I suspect the number is minuscule compared to the number of Republican voters in this country. So the effect of people dropping out as you put it will be close to zero.


30 posted on 01/01/2023 8:54:15 AM PST by oldguy1776
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To: MtnClimber

I believe it all hinges on who the speaker will be. Do we keep with the milktoast strategy, or do we put in a fighter? What will it be GOP?


31 posted on 01/01/2023 10:20:18 AM PST by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: MtnClimber
This is a dumb flex. The power to do things like harass the everlasting shit out of Nancy Pelosi, to name just one, is with any Committee Chairman, not the Speaker. We want her tax returns, that goes through the Committee Chair, not the Speaker. Just because Nanzi made it seem everything flowed through her, it ain't so, and it ain't in the rules that it has to be that way.

And the Chairmanship lineup is supposedly set in stone in a way that favors what we conservatives want to do, which is harass the everlasting shit out of Nancy Pelosi, et al.

For those who lack the alacrity or 'for those you in Loma Linda', this isn't pro-McCarthy and his gaybro romance with Luntzberace, it is simply that this is a poorly-written article.

32 posted on 01/01/2023 10:31:46 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: bert

I am a realist. Period.


33 posted on 01/01/2023 10:58:53 AM PST by MachIV
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