Posted on 12/14/2023 3:48:42 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy delivered his farewell address on the House floor, commending Democrats for their embodiment of America’s diversity while censuring his own party. Once holding the Speaker’s gavel, McCarthy saw his tenure end abruptly in October after a historic ousting due to his failed leadership.
Earlier this month, McCarthy announced that he is retiring from Congress at the end of the year.
“I have decided to depart the House at the end of this year to serve America in new ways. I know my work is only getting started,” McCarthy wrote in a Wall Street Journal.
“I will continue to recruit our country’s best and brightest to run for elected office. The Republican Party is expanding every day, and I am committed to lending my experience to support the next generation of leaders.”
The California Republican was ousted in a 216-210 vote, initiated by a motion from Rep. Matt Gaetz. This humiliating end to his speakership made McCarthy the “shortest serving speaker since 1876,” and as noted by The Guardian, “the first speaker of the House forced out of the job in U.S. history.”
In his farewell address, McCarthy contrasted the diversity of the Democrats with the homogeneity of the Republicans when he became minority leader. He noted that the Democrats resembled America’s diverse fabric, while the Republicans seemed like a “restrictive country club.”
“I had got elected minority leader while another colleague from my state, Nancy Pelosi, got elected speaker. I watched the Democrats stand up, and they were very diverse. They looked like America. I watched us stand up. We had lost the majority.”
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Another California nut
Johnson has yet to prove himself to be an order of magnitude improvement.
Yes, and thank you to Matt Gaetz for getting rid of this imposter. If left in his position who knows what damage he might have done?
Well, well, well, he could have gone quitely, but he just couldn’t help himself and had to reveal how stupid he is.
“I watched the Democrats stand up, and they were very diverse. They looked like every DC Federal bureaucray. I watched us stand up. We looked like America. At that moment, I knew I was on the wrong side.”
- Kevin McCarthy (translated from Washingtonese)
Trump’s greatest gift to America was getting all of crypto-commies to reveal their true selves: lizard, mittens, kristol, ryan, kizinger, kevin, sununu, nikki....
When it comes to hating the Republican Party who rejected him, McCarthy apparently is a Kinzinger wannabe
“McTurd was even worse than I thought and that’s saying something”
I have to agree. He is much, much worse than I had thought.
Still can’t understand why Trump backed him for speaker. Then again, his track record is not always the best. Hopefully, he has learned who he can trust in DC (probably nobody).
“’tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.”
—Abraham Lincoln, co-founder of the Republican Party along with Frederic Douglas, a former slave, and nick-named the Great Liberator.
Kevin McCarthy is a f@#$-off.
—Eleutheria5, just a feller with an opinion
So long, it’s been bad to know ya.
So long, it’s been bad to know ya.
The ash heap of history is where I would throw ya
For a long time, since you’ve been borin’
And you’ve got to be drifting along.
Another fraud.
Way to read the room Kevin.
Good riddance to bad trash.
What a traitorous c-word.
Look at his face.
A rat face.
supports my theory that those who wear a rat face are rats.
Lemme guess....he’s got a $30 million a year gig at MSLSD?
The prick just confessed he is even worse than I ever could have imagined!
This right here. What a POS this worm is. We will not forget it.
Sour Grapes. Couldn’t make it as a Democrat so he infiltrated into the GOP. I think that happens a lot.
I wonder if any Freepers that doubted Matt Gaetz for removing McRino are finally waking up to reality and that he’s a hero and a patriot or are they still sore Kevin is out of a job?
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