7 posts tagged ‘Kevin mccarthy’
Honeymoon's Over: Republicans Threaten to Oust Mike Johnson for Trying to Avoid Shutdown
Jezebel,
In today’s episode of “Who could have seen this coming???,” House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing the threat of an ousting about two months into his reign as Speaker. Johnson maintains that he’s standing by a spending deal he forged with Democrats to fend off a government shutdown next week, and the $1.59 trillion (and… Read more...
A Roundup of the Dumb Shenanigans in Congress That We *Would* Have Covered, If Not for…You Know
In case you didn’t notice, Jezebel went offline for a hot minute (approximately one month and some change). And yet, during that little break so generously provided by our corporate overlords to let us rest and reflect on life and the cosmos, for some reason, news kept happening. Specifically, our esteemed… Read more...
Kevin McCarthy also shoved Adam Kinzinger — not once but twice!
Boing Boing,
Looks like Congressman Tim Burchett (R–TN) isn't the only victim to Kevin McCarthy's rage — former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R–IL) says he was also assaulted by the ousted former speaker. But while McCarthy used his elbow to "sucker punch" Burchett in the kidneys earlier this week, he used his shoulder to slam into Kinzinger twice, according to the former lawmaker. — Read the rest
Matt Gaetz — still after Kevin McCarthy — calls for ethics investigation over "sucker punch"
Congress performer Matt Gaetz seized upon this morning's "sucker punch" drama — in which former speaker Kevin McCarthy shoved Rep. Tim Burchett with a sharp elbow — calling for an investigation by the House Ethics Committee into the the former speaker. — Read the rest
Listen: Tim Burchett tells Kevin McCarthy he's pathetic to his face (audio)
Earlier today we posted about "bully" Kevin McCarthy "shoving" and "elbowing" Rep. Tim Burchett in the back while the Tennessee lawmaker was talking to NPR reporter Claudia Grisales. Since then, a recording of the incident was released by Grisales (listen to audio below, reposted on X by Aaron Fritschner). — Read the rest
Kevin McCarthy just "sucker punched" — literally — Rep. Tim Burchett
Former speaker Kevin McCarthy has so much bottled-up rage after his ousting, he's now lashing out — literally — at his own party members, according to Rep. Tim Burchett. As in sneaking up behind the Tennessee lawmaker — one of the "crazy 8" Republicans who voted to remove McCarthy — in a hallway on Capitol Hill this morning to "elbow him in the back," causing Burchett "a lot of pain." — Read the rest
Marjorie Taylor Greene Snaps at 'Vaping Groping' Lauren Boebert After Failing to Censure Rashida Tlaib
On Wednesday, the House held a vote on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) motion to censure the only Palestinian-American member of Congress, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), over her public support for Palestine. For all the escalating Islamophobia and witch-hunt-like attacks on people expressing support for Palestine Read more...