Sterling BaldwinSep 21, 2023
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽
It seems President Zelenskyy requested an opportunity to address a joint session of Congress, but that worm of a man, Kevin McCarthy, refused him. Kevin has always been a spineless coward, and he deserves every bit of misery coming to him as his own party turns on him.
Sep 21, 2023 at 4:17pmWeb
Show threadJohn CuttingSep 21, 2023
@georgetakei
A coward that we somehow have empowered. Please go to vote.org and make sure you are registered to vote. There have been a lot of shenanigans about removing people from the registry. Make sure you're not one of them.
Show threadtom4okstateSep 21, 2023
@georgetakei he's probably afraid members of his own caucus would boo and make another embarrassing charade.
Show threadRhaedasSep 21, 2023

@tom4okstate If they can't behave like adults at their actual job, then they can get the Lauren Boebert treatment. Being a Representative means you act like one.

@georgetakei

Show threadFrank Going AntiFa - 🇺🇦Sep 21, 2023
@georgetakei
George Takei, stop insulting invertebrates like this. McCarthy is a COVID mutation. ...We better get more vacations!
Show threadOvadex Sep 21, 2023
@ballista11 @georgetakei Don't insult covid, it has more purpose than him. lol
Show threadlostprototypeSep 21, 2023

@georgetakei - This really reinforces my notion that there's no such thing as "good conservatives".

And for those rare exceptions, I'd argue that they've simply mis-categorized themselves.

Conservatism puts ethics dead last and we just can't progress as a species anymore with that.

Show threadOoopsSep 22, 2023

@lostprototype
@georgetakei

Alternative take from someone not even liking conservative ideas: There are good conservatives! But they are incredible rare as you let radicals co-opt the term.

Show threadlostprototypeSep 22, 2023

@Ooops @georgetakei - I know what you're going for there, and it's very noble.

But unfortunately conservatism by definition has always been problematic.

I warmly encourage you to check these out:

https://youtu.be/51a4N_qv-u0

https://youtu.be/E4CI2vk3ugk

Endnote 1: What I Mean When I Say "The Right"

YouTube
Show threadWokebloke for DemocracySep 21, 2023
@georgetakei
Someone mistakenly described MCCarthy as a weasel for this. Weasels aren't cowards.
Show threadEverydaymanSep 21, 2023
@georgetakei in a funny kind of way, maybe spineless Kevin did something right for a change. He can’t control his caucus and how they may have acted towards Zelenskyy may have been worse.
Show threadEstarriol, Terrorist DragonSep 21, 2023
@georgetakei of course he did, the GOP support Putin, always has.
Show threadHighTechWriterSep 21, 2023
@georgetakei The New Yorker magazine cover illustrated it best:
Show threadJohn YatesSep 21, 2023
@georgetakei! Because the #MAGAt #GOP are in bed with #Putin ! #FossilFreePolitics
Show threadRichy222Sep 21, 2023
@georgetakei
Show threadWarmasterPalakSep 21, 2023

@georgetakei

Kevin McCarthy is an undeclared foreign agent, and should be arrested.

Show threadCharles LSep 21, 2023
@georgetakei hear! hear! George.
Show threadNimbusSep 21, 2023

@georgetakei

Too bad. He could have played Republicans this video of Reagan warning about the dangers of appeasing Russia.

https://youtu.be/GUQm7UqF-YA

We Must Fight (Ronald Reagan)

YouTube
Show threadTom ShaferSep 21, 2023
@georgetakei The rest of us non-MAGAts would gladly offer Free Blade Sharpening as the metaphorical long knives are drawn on Kevin by the craziest of his caucus.
Show threadPepperbikeSep 21, 2023
@georgetakei we should not insult worms. The are some nematodes far better for us than Kevin McCarthy
Show threadSpaceLifeFormSep 21, 2023

@georgetakei

Various House GOP members:

Present. I should have voted "Present"

Show threadEarthlingSep 21, 2023
@georgetakei

The Ukranian people are defending Western democracies with their blood from the aggression of the "new Hitler", and there are people in the US and Europe who refuse to help the Ukranians!
All Hitler fans again?
Show threadboyle 🇵🇸Sep 22, 2023
@georgetakei
I don't think it's cowardice. Putin owns a large number of Republicans. McCarthy included. Just doesn't want to upset the boss...
Show threadBamaBlueDot(she/her)🔵Sep 22, 2023
@georgetakei he’s a spineless gutless jag off! The man has nothing accomplished since becoming speaker.
Show threadThat_Damn_FrankSep 22, 2023

@georgetakei

"I guess I really am evil. " - Kevin McCarthy

Show threadGVF 🇨🇦Sep 22, 2023
@georgetakei Geez, couldn't even give MTG and Bobo a chance to heckle.