Posted on 10/03/2023 7:02:02 PM PDT by ifinnegan
McCarthy: Pelosi told him “‘I’ll always back you up’”
In McCarthy’s press conference, after being removed as Speaker of the House, he relates how, when the vote to determine Speaker earlier this year was happening, Nancy Pelosi told him “in this room” to “just give it to them” referring to the Motion to Vacate, which allows just one member to call for the Speaker to vacate, “one person can rule you out” as McCarthy put it, with Pelosi saying “‘I’ll always back you up’” according to McCarthy quoting here in this press conference.
~9:03 https://www.c-span.org/video/?530913-1/rep-mccarthy-news-conference-removal-speaker
McCarthy himself thus describes how the agreement, regarding Motion to Vacate rules, made to vote him in as Speaker was never taken seriously by him and that he believed this check on the Speaker by the Republican Representatives would be ineffectual due to his prior conversation with Pelosi.
He never felt constrained and believed he did not have to be beholding to the Republicans because told him “‘I’ll always back you up.’”
I don’t know if it’s good. McCarthy gave some meat to the Trumper politicians. I’m just reflecting that McCarthy thought he could find safety in Pelosi.
Evidently it seems, at her front door, which should have been
his months ago.
100% real.
I heard it on the radio.
I linked to it, the press conference where he says it.
About 9 minutes in.
I had to post it myself because I doubt the msm will cover this statement.
He agreed to the Vacate Motion because Pelosi told him to.
He said it.
“You f’d up, you trusted us!”
He also had nice things to say about lil Paulie and the drunken weeper which sums up why he had out lived his usefulness and had to go.
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From the transcript
IT’S INTERESTING, IT WAS IN THIS ROOM AFTER WE HAD WON THE MAJORITY AND I BECAME SPEAKER, NANCY PELOSI CAME TO ME AND WAS SPEAKER AT THE TIME ON THE WAY OUT, I TOLD HER I WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH GETTING ENOUGH VOTES. SHE SAID WHAT’S THE PROBLEM? I SAID THEY WANT ONE PERSON TO RULE OUT. SPEAK WAS THE SPEAKER THAT CHANGED THAT RULE. I HAD THE POWER TO CALL ON HER BUT I WOULDN’T AND LOST VOTES BECAUSE OF IT. AND SHE SAID JUST GIVE IT TO THEM. I’LL ALWAYS BACK YOU UP. I MADE THE SAME OFFER TO BOEHNER AND SAME THING TO PAUL BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE INSTITUTION.
IKR!
F McCarthy. How many times do Republitards shoot themselves on the foot by going RINO !!
Bring on the MAGA party!
What a maroon.
What an asswipe.
Touching. She is the wind beneath his wings.
and a fool
“What a weasel. And all the pearl clutchers balked at his removal.”
Yep. And it’s always the same people.
Interestingly, I did not see any news articles earlier that Pelosi was keeping her Speaker's office until now.
I understood that the deal was a return to regular order and no more continuing resolutions. He failed, what did he expect?
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