Nonilex#KevinMcCarthy tells #House #Republicans he won’t run again for #speaker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-vote-2/
#Gaetz, already #fundraising off the dramatic day in the #House wrote a post headlined, “Patriots vs. Uniparty.”
“The #Uniparty” recently re-popularized by #SteveBannon & re-imagined for #ConspiracyTheorists refers to the “deep state” & “globalist” establishment cabal, used by #Trump & the #antisemitic as well.
Per Marianna Sotomayor
“You can’t overstate just how much it means to #Republicans that #KevinMcCarthy announced he is not naming a preferred successor to the #leadership role. Many Republicans have privately told The WaPo for weeks before a motion to #vacate was even introduced that they would never back down supporting #McCarthy & would only do so if McCarthy stepped back. They would also look to him for who to support as his #successor.
“You can’t overstate just how much it means to #Republicans that #KevinMcCarthy announced he is not naming a preferred successor to the #leadership role. Many Republicans have privately told The WaPo for weeks before a motion to #vacate was even introduced that they would never back down supporting #McCarthy & would only do so if McCarthy stepped back. They would also look to him for who to support as his #successor.
“Now that that has not happened, #HouseRepublicans are really thrown into #chaos w/o a united #leader or a #consensus candidate who could #unite their fractured conference.”
Rep Dusty Johnson, #Republican of SD, underscored how difficult it may be for someone to win the votes to become the next #speaker, while declining to rule out a run for the position himself.
“You really have to wonder whether or not the #House is #governable at all,” he said to reporters while leaving a meeting of #HouseRepublicans. “I’m not sure I wish this job on anyone.”
#KevinMcCarthy speaking now is full on lying:
being speaker was “one of the greatest honors,” he “loved every minute,” he’s leaving w/a sense of “optimism”, “I wouldn’t change a thing”
Maybe some(?) truth in these comments:
“I don’t regret standing up for choosing government over grievance,” “It is my responsibility. It is my job.”
“I hope you realize that every day I did the job, regardless whether you underestimated me or not, I wanted to do it with a smile,” #KevinMcCarthy says to reporters. That last one is true. #McCarthy kept a smile on through every embarrassing defeat on the floor, even as he listened to today’s vote that toppled his speakership.
Darwin Woodka