Feckless appeaser Kevin McCarthy was forced to choke down a triple-decker shit sandwich on Tuesday, the first day of the GOP’s razor-thin House majority thanks to a failure to capitalize on the worst inflation in four decades, the deep unpopularity of President Joe Biden and a lost opportunity to sweep Democrat extremists out of power for the foreseeable future.
Whether fairly or unfairly, the uninspiring Californian received much blame for the failure of the “red wave” to materialize in a midterm election cycle that was a major disappointment if not an unmitigated disaster for the Republican party.
As of Tuesday evening, McCarthy has failed to receive the necessary votes to become the next Speaker of the House, a humiliation that will leave lasting scars even if the establishment darling is able to eventually salvage his leadership aspirations in subsequent rounds of voting.
Despite ominous signs that his speakership would not be a slam dunk, the cocksure McCarthy went into the fateful final weekend before the vote with the full backing of Paul Ryan’s Fox News establishment propaganda machine and its deep bench of unprincipled shills but even before today, his confident demeanor began to crack with reports of threats to withhold committee assignments and profanity-riddled meltdowns behind closed doors.
Worse yet for the golden boy, his detractors were digging in with one of his most vocal critics, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida repeatedly taking shots at him in the media, particularly galling a man who was once hailed as one of the GOP’s “young guns” along with Ryan and former Rep. Eric Cantor.
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Gaetz perfectly summed it with a biting dart at the “Speaker-Designate” as McCarthy and his allies have recently taking to referring to him as, most recently in a letter to House Republicans.
“If you want to drain The Swamp, you cannot put the biggest alligator in charge of the exercise,” Gaetz remarked.
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— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) January 3, 2023
Even though the “Speaker Designate” made some concessions to his critics, his hopes took a major hit as more GOP lawmakers in addition to the handful “Never Kevin” MAGA conservatives came out against him.
MORE: Dear Colleague letter from McCarthy (signed “Speaker-Designate”) aims to address more concerns from detractors and skeptics. “I will use my selections on key panels to ensure they more closely reflect the ideological makeup of our conference.” https://t.co/LJbNoYfLz2 pic.twitter.com/fyof35DyPI
— Emily Brooks (@emilybrooksnews) January 2, 2023
By the time that the critical day had arrived, it was obvious that there would be nothing that was going to convince his most steadfast critics who have endured smears from many of their fellow Republicans but have remained steadfast in their opposition to a man who many believe that the only substantial difference between he and outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a set of testicles.
Down went McCarthy in the first round of voting, followed by a second round defeat and then a third humiliating failure to get the needed support as the voting dragged on into the evening as establishment types like Newt Gingrich whose pompous fat ass has feathered his nest for decades bemoaning the idea that that the transition for the corrupt D.C. uniparty may not be as seamless as anticipated.
“I think they have no endgame,” whined Gingrich to Fox Business host Larry Kudlow. “These people can’t play tic-tac-toe. And I think that’s part of the problem. They’ve gotten themselves–they’re like the dog that caught the bus.”
“I think it’s very important to recognize that this is not a game,” added the former Speaker. “I am told by a pretty good source that last night several of these folks went in to see Kevin, and they had a whole new list of 30 items, some of which were frankly pretty embarrassingly venal.”
