Posted on 12/08/2022 8:38:00 AM PST by RandFan
The administration is aiding and abetting an invasion of the Southern border. Our rights are being stripped away. We are at war and the enemy is within.
In response to this existential threat, we’re told that we need to entrust a congressman previously recognized as the “tech industry’s best friend” as our leader.
That’s boneheaded.
Kevin McCarthy is not the right leader for the moment. Fortunately, enough Republicans recognize that to stop him from being the next Speaker of the House. Five House Republicans, including myself, have announced that we will not vote for McCarthy during the January 3rd speaker election. As many have privately also informed McCarthy of their plans to vote for someone else.
McCarthy’s allies are fretting and are pushing out a false narrative that opposition to the Paul Ryan endorsed McCarthy will embolden Democrats to elect a squish Republican as Speaker. It turns out that spin is right, just not the way the McCarthy camp sold it.
Semafor is reporting that “Leader-designate Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. waved off the suggestion Democrats would help elect an alternative for speaker, while Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C. all but volunteered Democrats’ support to help get McCarthy over the threshold of votes needed for speaker.”
This is the uniparty in action and should let you know that McCarthy is not a threat to the system destroying America. How could he be? His closest adviser has represented Pfizer, Amazon, and a firm dedicated to giving out a path to American citizenship to wealthy Chinese. His roommate counts Google among his clients.
This is the moment for a fight and McCarthy’s instinct is flight. In the days after January 6, McCarthy asked in a call with Liz Cheney whether Twitter can take away Conservative Congressman Barry Moore's Twitter account because Rep. Moore pointed out that the shooting of Ashli Babbit doesn't fit the left's narrative of January 6.
McCarthy, likewise, said I was endangering the safety of Rep. Cheney by criticizing her.
The defense of McCarthy is that he isn’t an ideologue. He just wants to get along, they say, and moves with the times.
Rep. Matt Rosendale, one of the five Republicans standing athwart McCarthy, put it well when he said, “We don't need a weatherman, we need a leader.” A leader would stand up to the Biden administration’s demands to send tens of billions of dollars to protect Ukraine’s border instead of ours.
A leader wouldn’t wait until thousands of military service members have been kicked out due to a mandate to end it. That’s the problem with living with Frank Luntz and making all of your decisions based on polling data. You will always be late.
But enough about Rep. McCarthy, now is the time for conservatives to come to terms with the fact that the Speakership is up for grabs. Five Republicans are enough to stop Kevin McCarthy from becoming Speaker.
In order to avoid chaos on January 3rd, Republicans need to embrace reality.
Rep. Andy Biggs has thrown his hat into the ring. He is a true conservative and would be a much better choice than McCarthy. I recognize, though, that five House Republicans might step up and say that they won’t vote for Biggs under any circumstances.
There are likely dozens or even hundreds of House Republicans that I would love to support as Speaker. It’s time for them to prove their case. McCarthy has lost his.
Congressman Matt Gaetz (R) represents the 1st Congressional District of Florida. He is a member of the 117th Congress currently serving his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Wonder what will happen.
Has McCarthy ever been the right person?
Nope.
And as you know the numbers are important here which is why I highlighted them.
He ain’t getting the gavel without those 5.
He ain’t getting the gavel without those 5
can’t the democrats make some sort of deal with him and push him over the top?
They can but there would be uproar in the GOP conference
I dont think they would want to do it.
But I dont know. Anything can happen I guess.
Here’s my take on the kabuki theater:
1. Pelosi will still run everything, from the backroom. Other than minor things or statements, here and there, she’ll be pulling his puppet strings.
2. The Republican WHIP, Emmer, is pretty much a Democrat. And as another commenter on FR just stated, a Republican Representative may have stated that with regards to subpoenas against the Democrats, etc...those subpoenas will have to be examined for their legitimacy. Where do you even begin with your disgust for the Republican Party.
**For years I’ve been against it, naively thinking that it could be changed, but it’s time for a: Conservative, MAGA or whatever you want to call it, party. The Republicans in DC are not going to change.
3. McCarthy is working with the Democrats to secure his election. Pelosi/Schumer(yes I know he’s a Senator, but he controls money and has influence)/Jefferies/Hoyer will sit down, identify some “moderate Democrats” or “Democrats in reddish/Purple districts” that will be allowed to vote for McCarthy in the interest of bipartisanship. Knowing that even if a Republican brings something up, with a mountain of proof, the UNIPARTY will concoct a crisis where that thing will be put “on the back burner” due to the severity of this new crisis.
And, sadly, a sizable chunk of those from: Independents that lean a bit Right, Right Leaning Libertarians(the few that there are), Moderate/ChamberofCommerce/CountryClub Republicans, and some Conservatives will give McCarthy the benefit of doubt.
Gaetz‘s hair mousse is seeping into his brain.
Or maybe the coke is catching up to him…
Nice ad hominem you got there. Two of them actually.
“Or maybe the coke is catching up to him”
Do you have proof of that or are you blowing smoke, hoping to create a fire? Slander is not nice.
They’re making a big mistake. The GOP has to be united or the Dems will still run the system. It’s going to be McCarthy.
I saw Mr “ I’m NOT a conservative w/ balls” McCarthy on Maria Bartiromos show a few days ago, sitting there, leaning into her in that silly sky blue suit, hands clasped facing her, like a puppy dog, “pleeeeease I NEED the power sooo badly”. He looked ridiculous and talked in complete generalities, I don’t believe he has had an original thought in his life and as Ryan’s name is associated w/ him, McCarthy doesn’t believe in exerting POWER like the RATS do, so, a 100% no vote for him is due.
Dan Webster would be the least-worst realistic alternative.
Well I think we can all agree on that but who else can get to 218? Likely only another RINO. My belief is that the conservative caucus is just going to try to wring as many concessions out of Kevin as possible before letting him have the speakership. There’s not a whole lot more they can do.
“2. The Republican WHIP, Emmer, is pretty much a Democrat. “
u r crazy
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We definitely need someone for speaker who will actively go after the Democrats on the Biden mess, the border & several other issues. I wouldn’t think that any “helpful suggestions” from any Democrats or RINOS would be in order.
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