After Even More Drama, RINO McCarthy Finally Gets Installed as Speaker of the House on 15th Vote
After Even More Drama, RINO McCarthy Finally Gets Installed as Speaker of the House on 15th Vote
So begins what may be a terrible reign.
14 failures will taint Kevin McCarthy's reign as Speaker of the House. The concessions that he appears to have given to conservatives in the House will make it harder for him to get his Uniparty Swamp agenda to play.
Nevertheless, he was finally voted in as Speaker after enough of the final holdouts voted "present." Matt Gaetz had upended the 14th vote that was supposed to be McCarthy's anointing, but caved for the 15th.
It even looked like it might turn violent when Congressman Mike Rogers had to be restrained as he headed toward Gaetz after the 14th failure.
After Andy Biggs and Lauren Boebert both voted "present," it turned to Gaetz as the next holdout. He voted "present" again, which pretty much sealed the deal for McCarthy.
Now we will see how the rules vote goes. If the holdouts negotiated well enough and the Republican caucus doesn't turn on them, we should see more power for the Freedom Caucus.
Terrible reign bc it’s a terrible Speaker; let the betrayal begin
The most impressive of the defiant holdouts is Lauren Boebert. She's from a contested district and likely won't get any committee assignments from the vindictive McCarthy that won't help her reelection chances. But she valiantly stood for principle against powerful party corruption. McCarthy may find himself inhibited somewhat in his efforts to betray the republican base and serve the fascists because of her and the others' moral integrity. But, in the end, I expect McCarthy and the party to renege on the 'agreement'.