The United States House of Reprehensibles — II
Kevin McCarthy was unprincipled, dishonest, contemptible. It’s a rich irony that he lost the House Speakership because for once he actually did the right thing, working with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown. Unpardonable to Republican extremists.
It’s another irony that their ousting McCarthy for relying on Democratic votes itself required Democratic votes. We’re told this mess reflects a big split in the GOP. Yet only eight Republicans voted against McCarthy. The other two hundred were Democrats.
Their voting against a Republican was merely ...