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Kevin McCarthy

Thursday 25th of April 2024

CA Republican Kevin McCarthy's Pledge of Allegiance 2.0 I pledge allegiance to the millionaires and billionaires behind Grover Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge, and to their interests above all others, so help me God, come hell or high water. The Pledge of Allegiance 2.0 is the implicit pledge made by signing Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge © 2015 Kwiple.com
2020 Presidential election The subpoenaed House Member's willful failure to comply with a congressional subpoena reflects discredit on Congress. If left unpunished, such behavior undermines Congress's longstanding power to investigate in support of its lawmaking authority and suggests that Members of Congress may disregard legal obligations that apply to ordinary citizens. January 6 Commitee Report - Summary, referral of members Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Scott Perry and Andy Biggs to the House Ethics Committee for failure to comply with subpoenas © 2022 Kwiple.com
Dysfunction in government The self-styled “Young Guns” [Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan] decided to make the GOP the “Party of No.” The United States was mired in the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression, yet Republican legislators planned to not  cooperate with the new [Obama] administration. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, How Democracies Die  © 2018 Kwiple.com
Hypocrites say It [an impeachment inquiry into Biden] would occur through a vote on the floor of the People’s House and not through a declaration by one person. Kevin Mccarthy to Breitbart News, 11 days before caving in to pressure from the dregs of the Republican Party — Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Elise Stefanik, Jim Jordan, Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, James Comer, Paul Gosar — and unilaterally launching an official impeachment inquiry into Biden on September 12, 2023, without having the House vote on it becaue he knew it wouldn't pass, given opposition from Democrats and moderate Republicans  © 2023 Kwiple.com
Money in politics There's … there's two people, I think, Putin pays. Putin pays: [California Representative Dana] Rohrabacher and Trump … [laughter]… swear to God. Kevin McCarthy, 2017, now a devout Trumpist  © 2019 Kwiple.com
Punt returners say Well Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. Donald Trump, responding to Kevin McCarthy, Republican and minority leader of the House, who asked him to call off his supporters who were assaulting the Capitol © 2021 Kwiple.com
Sleepers at the wheel say  In every single war that America has fought we have never asked for land afterwards ‐ except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for. Kevin McCarthy, 8:36 PM – Nov 26, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Snapshot She saw the votes on the board and said, “Fuck it, I'm just gonna vote for it just so I can go on TV and talk about it.” A former staffer's explanation of why Nancy Mace voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House of Representatives even though he had directed millions of dollars to her 2020 election campaign [Mace is a poster child for the old adage, If you want a friend in Washington, get yourself a dog.] © 2023 Kwiple.com
Snapshot A man with all the backbone of one of those inflatable tube men outside a car dealership. Kevin McCarthy portrayed by Bill Maher © 2021 Kwiple.com
Surely you jest You can’t make this crap up. George Santos, commenting on the four days it took Republicans to elect Kevin McCarthy Speaker of the House --> © 2023 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say A bathroom door locks. Kevin MCarthy's defense of Donald Trump after a photo from the DOJ's 37-count indictment of Trump in the documents case showing boxes of classified documents stacked floor to ceiling beside a toilet, against the facing wall, and behind a shower curtain in a bathroom in Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence went viral © 2023 Kwiple.com
 
Trumpists say I've seen enough. The Department of Justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization. When the Republicans take back the House, we will conduct immediate oversight of this department, follow the facts, and leave no stone unturned. Attorney General Garland, preserve your documents and clear your calendar. Kevin McCarthy, 9:01 PM – Aug 8, 2022, pissed by the FBI's court-ordered search of  Trump's Mar-a-Lago home to retrieve documents belonging in the National Archives, some of which are so secret they cannot be legally described in an unclassified document [“follow the facts” is a cute touch] © 2022 Kwiple.com