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canyonwalkerCrackpot politics is like the gift that keeps giving. Would-be Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy lost another 3 rounds of voting today. He's now failed to prevail in 9 rounds of voting so far this week. (Yesterday it was only 5 6 rounds.)
A group of 19-20 GOP representatives continue to vote against McCarthy. That's notably more than the core bloc of 5 who publicly announced their opposition a few weeks ago. McCarthy has been working hard to make backroom deals, but even with everything he's offered— committee assignments, committee leadership, and the ability for any single member of his party to launch a recall vote against him as Speaker— it's not enough.
One might think that McCarthy is a moderate because he's opposed by far-right members of Congress. McCarthy is actually an extremist. He was one of 179 representatives who voted to overturn election results (link: New York Times article) on the January 6, 2020 insurrection attempt. Since then he's continued to repeat and reinforce the Big Lie that widespread voting fraud changed million ballots to favor Joe Biden over Donald Trump. Unfortunately extremism has become mainstream in the GOP. The representatives opposing McCarthy are the most extreme, lunatic fringe.
UPDATE: As I go to press "Post" on this article, news is breaking that a 10th vote has been taken and McCarthy appears to have lost that, too. Crackpot politics really is the gift that keeps on giving.
UPDATE 2: At around 7:30pm Eastern time the House is finishing another vote which McCarthy appears to have lost. That makes his losing streak 11 rounds of voting. Just wow.
UPDATE: 3: Shortly after midnight Friday night, McCarthy won on the 15th round of voting.
A group of 19-20 GOP representatives continue to vote against McCarthy. That's notably more than the core bloc of 5 who publicly announced their opposition a few weeks ago. McCarthy has been working hard to make backroom deals, but even with everything he's offered— committee assignments, committee leadership, and the ability for any single member of his party to launch a recall vote against him as Speaker— it's not enough.
One might think that McCarthy is a moderate because he's opposed by far-right members of Congress. McCarthy is actually an extremist. He was one of 179 representatives who voted to overturn election results (link: New York Times article) on the January 6, 2020 insurrection attempt. Since then he's continued to repeat and reinforce the Big Lie that widespread voting fraud changed million ballots to favor Joe Biden over Donald Trump. Unfortunately extremism has become mainstream in the GOP. The representatives opposing McCarthy are the most extreme, lunatic fringe.
UPDATE: As I go to press "Post" on this article, news is breaking that a 10th vote has been taken and McCarthy appears to have lost that, too. Crackpot politics really is the gift that keeps on giving.
UPDATE 2: At around 7:30pm Eastern time the House is finishing another vote which McCarthy appears to have lost. That makes his losing streak 11 rounds of voting. Just wow.
UPDATE: 3: Shortly after midnight Friday night, McCarthy won on the 15th round of voting.
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Date: 2023-01-06 12:50 am (UTC)