ANALYSIS – Some of the Republican Party’s more ‘firebrand’ conservatives are trying to bully and threaten House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Many in the media have tried to paint the battle in ways that discredit the GOP.
I support vibrant debate within our party, but constantly undermining the leadership when the GOP has a slim majority is getting old. And McCarthy is clearly getting sick of it too.
Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz bashed McCarthy on Tuesday, giving him a list of demands while threatening a motion for McCarthy to vacate the chair, essentially to remove him as Speaker.
This came just after McCarthy announced the Republican Party will move forward with an impeachment inquiry into Biden. However, Gaetz said that is not enough.
The Daily Caller reported:
“Now moments ago, Speaker McCarthy endorsed an impeachment inquiry. This is a baby step following weeks of pressure from House conservatives to do more. We must move faster. Now I will concede that the votes I have called for will likely fail. Term limits, balanced budgets, maybe even impeachment. I am prepared for that eventuality because at least if we take votes the American people get to see who’s fighting for them and who’s willing to tolerate more corruption and business as usual,” he said.
This all sounds good, but Gaetz seems to admit that it’s all more show than substance. The votes aren’t here. The GOP barely controls the House, and Gaetz is just posturing like he usually does.
So, McCarthy did something I highly respect. He told Gaetz and his allies: “If you want to file the motion,” adding: “File the fucking motion.”
Enough with the petty posturing, Gaetz. Work with the leadership to get real things done, and hopefully gain seats in 2024 to get more done.
The House GOP was expected to vote on the impeachment inquiry, but McCarthy did not mention a vote to move forward with the inquiry. This follows the precedent set by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the first Trump impeachment in 2019.
The Daily Caller noted that:
The speaker said he now believes there is enough evidence stemming from the House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight Committee to move forward with an impeachment inquiry into the president.
McCarthy said in July that an impeachment inquiry would help Republicans better access documents detailing alleged misconduct from government officials benefiting Hunter Biden. Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik has endorsed McCarthy’s’ position, which Democrats adopted in 2019 during former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
Asked Tuesday whether he was being hypocritical, McCarthy referred back to Pelosi: “I’m not, because she changed the precedent,” reported The Hill.
“I warned her not to do it that way in the process. And that’s what she did; that’s what we did,” McCarthy said.
As The Hill further noted:
Moving forward on an inquiry without a vote allows swift action on a priority for conservatives who have been pressuring the House Speaker. McCarthy’s decision also protects moderates — particularly those who represent districts President Biden won in 2020 — from having to take a tough vote.
What McCarthy is doing is real and will be able to succeed. Let him get on with it, or “file the f*cking motion.”
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Then Lets do SO NOW
By the time the Republicans get around to officially filing impeachment proceedings against Biden, Trump will be taking the oath of office for his rightful second term. At which point any impeachment of Biden becomes moot.
In other words, the GOPe will have let Biden, his handlers, and his administration destroy our country for a full four years instead of getting rid of him much earlier when they could have.
Gaetz is on to something……….. show the American people BEFORE the next election all of the GOPe’rs who are dragging their feet, so the voters can take as much corrective action as possible DURING the 2024 elections.
Fuck gaetz in his F*#KING biden! My good friend and Navy C O ran against the S O B and really got screwed! So EFF the piece of schitt cocksucker!
Why don’t you cry a little bit more would ya. Ya win some and ya lose some and move forward. Looking in the rearview mirror gets you nowhere. No disrespect but you are Sounding like a whiny little liberal girl. Politics is a Nasty place to be, I was in Local position and I finally got away from it. It’s just not worth it honestly.
So Tell Everyone HOW he got Screwed, I’m sure they would like to hear how that happened.
If they do ever impeach BIDEN THEY ALSO NEED TO IMPEACH THE VP KAMALA!! SHE WILL BE 1000 times worse!!! Get er done!!!!! So we as a country will not be a pi$$ por government!!! Have fun!
CPO Bill your a complete moron
“… constantly undermining the leadership when the GOP has a slim majority is getting old.”
My question…WHAT LEADERSHIP?
McCarthy is a creature of the swamp! Americans want ACTION, while he slow walks “an inquiry” through procedural muck! Kevin is a pitiful “leader,” and almost appears to be a tool of the Democrats!
Just what AMERICA doesn’t need right now, a “leader” posturing himself, instead of being the Attack Dog that Freedom needs right now.