I am building these comments around the live-tweeting I did last night. I am sure we will all have more to say in the coming weeks. Bill Barr began by calling the idea that Biden stole the election “bullshit”: Later,...
Kevin McCarthy
“He rose to prominence as an ambitious plodder — as someone difficult for his colleagues to attack because he never had anything remotely interesting to say”
Read more about what Washington Post columnist and Michael Gerson had to say about House majority leader Kevin McCarthy: Let’s take a moment from the lightning pace of the news cycle to reflect on a disturbing fact of American life:...
Why the McCarthy anti-Trump audio won’t hurt him politically
In case you missed it, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said some negative things about his supreme commander, Donald Trump, in the immediate wake of the January 6, 2022 insurrection. To quote the New Republic e-mail blast I received yesterday,...
Have you heard about the new State of the Union sitcom?
It’s brought to you by Trevor Noah and the Daily Show:...
McCarthy: Trump said he admitted personally bearing some responsibility for the January 6 attack
In the days following the January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told a California radio station that Donald Trump said he was responsible for the attack. Here is what McCarthy told KERN radio...
The GOP is in a state of chaos, but they love the Lord
The Republican Party is a laughing stock. The Trumpian Far Right seems to be running the show, the Republican center is “muted,” and the leadership of the party is just letting the chaos ensue. Here is Jonathan Weisman at The...
January 6, 2021: What does Kevin McCarthy and the GOP have to hide?
Kevin McCarthy and other GOP House members are threatening American telecommunication companies that have received subpoenas from the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 insurrection. What do they have to hide? Here is Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene: It’s...
Nancy Pelosi picks Liz Cheney for House committee investigating Jan. 6
Cheney lost her leadership position in the GOP caucus when she refused to go along with the Big Lie. She is the only Republican member of the committee. Here is AXIOS: In a closed-door meeting with freshmen Republicans Wednesday, McCarthy...
Thirty-five House Republicans vote in favor of a commission to investigate the January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol
GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is opposed to the commission. So are 176 of his fellow Republican representatives. But nearly 20% of the GOP caucus joined all 219 Democrats in supporting the commission. The bill now moves to the Senate where,...
Kevin McCarthy: “I don’t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election”
The GOP House minority leader can’t be serious. Here is Paul Kane at The Washington Post: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday took a head-spinning tour through Washington. First, he oversaw the roughly 20-minute meeting of House Republicans...
Kevin McCarthy is “proud to be a Christian.” He’ll now need to find a way to reconcile his faith with his willingness to lead a party united around a lie
The vote to remove Liz Cheney from her leadership position has not taken place yet and the House’s top two Republicans–Andrew McCarthy and Stave Scalise–have already thrown their support behind New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik to replace her. Here is...
Cheney: “The GOP is at a turning point”
Here is Liz Cheney’s op-ed from las night’s Washington Post: In public statements again this week, former president Donald Trump has repeated his claims that the 2020 election was a fraud and was stolen. His message: I am still the rightful president,...
Change over time: A historical look at Liz Cheney’s years in the House of Representatives
It looks like Liz Cheney will lose her leadership position in the GOP caucus because she does not believe Joe Biden stole the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump. The pro-Trump sharks are swarming. The GOP House leadership will not...
Is “owning the libs” the GOP’s new civil religion?
If you want to become a star in the Republican Party these days, and make a lot of money serving red meat to the GOP base, you need to show that you can use your platform to “own the libs.”...
Why did Kevin McCarthy read *Green Eggs and Ham*?
Watch the House minority leader: McCarthy could be more original. Ted Cruz has already read Green Eggs and Hand in public. Here he is back in the days when he did not look like a contestant on Survivor: I am...
What you can expect at CPAC this weekend
Yes, Trump will be at the big MAGA event this weekend. If you’re going, you can choose to attend one of these sessions: Ted Cruz’s talk is titled “Bill of Rights, Liberty, and Cancel Culture.” Deroy Murdock of Fox News...
Blight: “Congressman McCarthy, cherish your portrait of Douglass, but leave his history alone”
Kevin McCarthy made a Black History Month video. It featured African American leader Frederick Douglass. Watch: Yale historian David Blight, the author of the definitive biography of Douglass, Prophet of Freedom, commented on McCarthy’s videos at the Los Angeles Times....
What happened when GOP congresswoman Jamie Herrera Beutler wished her constituents a “Happy Valentine’s Day”?
Yesterday we did a post on Jamie Herrera Beutler, the Washington congresswoman who was prepared to testify that House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told her that Trump supported the insurrection of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Herrera did...
As the insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy asked Trump to call off the rioters. Trump responded…
CNN is reporting: In an expletive-laced phone call with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy while the Capitol was under attack, then-President Donald Trump said the rioters cared more about the election results than McCarthy did.” Well, Kevin, I guess these...
The GOP will not discipline Marjorie Taylor Greene
House minority leader Kevin McCarthy condemned Greene’s past comments, but will not remove her from her committee assignments, including her position on the education committee. Just a reminder: Greene believed the Pizzagate conspiracy theory (which linked Hillary Clinton to a pedophilia ring...