Apparently, California Representative Kevin McCarthy has already moved his personal effects and furniture into the House Speaker’s Office despite not winning enough votes to be considered Speaker of the House.
Republican House member Matt Gaetz, a strong opponent of Mr McCarthy, sends a letter of inquiry asking how is this possible?
Full letter below.
Reporting a Squatter LMAO
Dear Representative Gaetz,
As Speaker “Designate”, Representative McCarthy was allowed to occupy the Speaker’s office, and will do so for the foreseeable future. My office fully expects that Mr. McCarthy will gain the Speakership in time by either browbeating enough of your RINO colleagues into voting for him, or making an agreement for opposition party support by designating the former Speaker as Chairwoman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Your’s very Sincerely,
J. Brett Blanton
Architect of the Capitol.
There is no such thing as a Speaker “designate” in the House.
Methinks it’s a sarcastic joke 🙂
It’s called HUMOR.
Try it. You might like it!
Because he expected the party leaders to strongarm people into voting for him by now.
Great for Matt for calling him out on this!
I personally would like to see Jordan as speaker.
McCarthy has always reminded me of Mitt Romney.
Both are stereotypes of a sleazy “politician”.
Jordan doesn’t want it. Republicans are acting like spoiled brats and the world is watching. If, in fact, we are so divided on this one issue, perhaps the emergence of a 3rd party is in the cards.
Idiots, on the world stage and the Democrats are laughing their ass off at us.
Even Trump was reported to want McCarthy. When in doubt, ask Trump!!!!!!!!!!
They need to get together and find someone who they agree on.
McCarthy is not the one.
And if he were to get it—not a good start for him.
A two time loser squatter.
Yes, it’s more than time to think about a third party. And Trump now is backing off his endorsement of McCarthy.
Yes, it is a mess.
But when was the last time we saw any Republicans show they had a scintilla of principled fight in them? It has been said by more than I can remember that Republicans need to fight “like Democrats”…
No one ever said digging out the septic tank would be a quick, easy, or clean job.
As far as embarrassment goes?
Look what is squatting in the White House. Corruption, perversion, dementia, immorality…all of it prancing back and forth on the world stage daily.
We passed the “embarrassment” threshold long ago. I rest my case.
President Donald J Trump taught the willing Conservatives how to fight.
We can only hope that is the case.
Uncle Fester was sworn in as a US Senator yesterday by the Ho, who slept her way to the top! Embarrassment is not possible for the Congress any more?
Self awareness is necessary. I see none.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/ugh-trump-tells-conservative-lawmakers-stick-kevin-mccarthy/
Picking the right people is not PDJT’s strength.
I love the guy, but he should probably sit this one out.
Agree.
You might be overlooking the TDS aspect of his support?
We agree on some of his choices, but was it a ploy to expose them?
Trump has been far more misses than hits these days.
200 plus to 20?
Check your math?
I like the idea of giving the job to a competent person who doesn’t want it.
Giving it to someone who is so desperate for it hasn’t worked out well for us in the past.
Trump lost because he did not fight for the election he won; We have had enough of this “above it all” bullshit.
McCarthy is Ryan/McConnell scum; make the s.o.b. cry.
No, as messie as it may seem this is the way our government should work. It shouldn’t be easy or a for gone conclusion so that the Uniparty can continue screwing us over.
Gaetz makes the best point. We need people in power who do NOT WANT power. The people who lust after power like this are 100% the wrong people to allow power.
Where’s George Washington?
He’s rolling over in his grave.
Icon- NAILED IT
I see J Jordan as more of a junk yard dog fighter who may not be that great at slyly negotiating deep in the swamp and lobby.
Now I can be wrong, I just see JJ’s great strength in leading ‘issue committees’.
McCarthy is sly, but not on our America First side…we need ‘sly‘ so who could that be among the R. guys/gals?
I can guess a couple of quiet ones but someone needs to lead one into the corral.
I think patriots who truly love this nation don’t tend to be sly.
Right now I think a junk yard dog would be a good thing.
If Jordan’s great strength is in leading “issues committees” then his GREATER strength is putting multiple “issue committees” together, assigning a MAGA patriot to head the committees, and investigating all of these scumbags
Because, all “elections” are now predetermined.
The republicans need to figure out how the democrats remain unfractured. Pelosi didn’t have this kind of trouble x 2.
Uniparty in action. Uniparty aligns with the Communists. We can address that appropriately. The Speaker thing is more bread and circuses for the prols. It appears to have consumed much of the conservative discussion here and elsewhere. Nice distraction.
They believe in a a firm approach to their mutual blackmail society.
The Republican elites are united-
with the Democrats.
Together they are the America Last Globalist Party.
Remember as Sundance has taught, D’s love the Power, R’s love the $.
Probabaly with the help of the fbi and Cia. Get dirt and then control them with that dirt.
The democrats operate as a hive creature. A few oligarchs make all the decisions behind closed doors and then the Borg/Democrats are informed how 100% are expected to vote. That’s what we want?
The official narrative is being pushed everywhere that the GOP rebels are creating “chaos” and that not acting like a unified Borg/Hive is an “embarrassment.” Nothing could be further from the truth.
This rebellion is a breath of fresh air. A constitutional republic is about debate and even fractious disagreement as different individuals represent their voter constituents rather than the Swamp leadership.
The 20 something rebels are fighting as Chip Roy’s great speech said, to either get a leader they can trust to stop the Swamp from running rough shod over Americans or have congressional rules in place that force McCarthy to represent the voter base’s priorities against the globalist/communist takeover of America.
Unfractured = communists = hive critter = Borg = Democrats and McConnell’s senate
Rebel Alliance = republic in action = chance for free discourse by elected reps = ? a new day for the House ?
A Senator once beat another Senator viciously on the Senate floor. That’s embarrassing?
The verbal sparring is par-for-the course here!
Boebert or McCarthy – i’LL take Boebert in A THROWDOWN
Raising Sons and Her Center of Gravity is Lower
After 60 years they are finally acting like Representatives.
She threatened them all with the worst possible future if they didn’t mind her.
The word is “extortion”?
God Bless Matt Gaetz & those standing with him. MAGA
That is what these entitled JA’s do. MCarthy said it out loud….it’s my turn! They just take what they want. They are no different than the hood rats that loot Walmart. Our elected just rob/steal seats and positions in govt to get their desired TV’s and designer handbags and mansions.
Has he changed the drapes already and moved the furniture around?
No, but he asked Hillary to return the china.
Just saw that Trump put his finger on the scale for McCarthy. I may have officially crossed into a Never Trumper. this was totally unnncessary and a spit in the face to the 20 patriots who were holding strong Im pissed to say the least
The whiplash from moving to DeSantis is going to be something to see…
Agreed. I just might be done with Trump, too.
Another “sunshine patriot” shows their true colors?
“Speaker’s Office”? Really, whatever office space the speaker occupies is the “Speaker’s Office”. As little as I care of Kevin I think that Gaetz should do something besides grandstand for a change.
Until the speaker is elected, there is no House of Representatives.
What else is Gaetz supposed to do?
On the plus side…There will be no votes to spend more money we don’t have, restrict our rights, or line their pockets with our cash?
i Believe Gaetz IS doing something with the Help of Chip Roy and The other 18.
PLUS drew ATTENTION to Kevy’s HUBRIS
It is good to see that ‘firebrand’ Gaetz has finally grown some testicles and is actually willing to take some sacrificial risks to defend the USA, the Constitution, and those he supposedly represents. Up to this point Gaetz and his fellow ‘firebrands’ in the House and Senate have lived up to their ‘firebrand’ labels and been all flash and no fire.
Like MTG
Why doesn’t the group of 19 or 20 explain exactly what they have presented to McCarthy in writing? Then McCarthy can reply his responses in writing.
That is the only way for we in the audience to evaluate where both sides actually stand and it might serve the purpose of not allowing McCarthy and his supporters to keep “pretending” (as Sundance has mentioned repeatedly).
They have…
https://cnsnews.com/article/washington/michael-w-chapman/rep-gaetz-mccarthy-refused-term-limits-balanced-budget-and
Learned something I never knew before from Kash Patel this am. Congressional budget “fencing”. Even though turtle screwed the budget up for Congress, the GOP can still hold up funds for various Agencies. Called “fencing”, for example put a fence around millions of FBI/DOJ funds to force them into cooperation, etc. Interesting I never heard that from any congress critter. It is even hard to find this on the NET. They do not want the GOP base to know this, all a big show, “oh we cannot do anything for a year because of the passed budget”
Thankfully he had only moved into the Speaker’s Office on the 3rd of January. If he had done it on the You-Know-What of January then surely he would have been hurled into the black pit of the DC Gulag.
Tone-deaf Trump rooting for KM for speaker. ugh.
Working through the same channels and expecting different results.
You wanna end up with Liz Cheney? Matt Gaetz isn’t going to make speaker.
Donald Trump is no idiot. He’s playing within the system, looking at the big picture.
People scourge him here about his appointments…he never actually got who he and we wanted…..most appointments had to be Senate confirmed. In other words, Trump had to pick from whatever McConnell offered up.
I think he is backing off on that.
There’s got to be a reason for them treating Kevin like a democrat such as Adam Shift or a Liz Cheney or maybe a Nancy Pelosi.
Might be reasonable.
Trump has his reasons. You can bet on that.
I get tired of the “I’ll just be a never-Trumper, he picks bad people”
The truth is most of his appointments had to be Senate confirmed…he had to select from whatever The Turtle offered up.
Forget about speaker of the house – it is a distraction. What about all the vaccination deaths nobody wants to discuss?
All of them are experts at “distraction.” Problem is – it works for the public majority.
Or FJB goes to the Virgin Islands for vacay and the AG gets fired for exposing JPM? Hmmm?
How does career politician have a net worth of $95 million? Hmmm
Probabaly taking more than the customary 10 percent.
The bigger the risk, the normal tithing doesn’t work. So said Brother McCarthy.
The Big Mac McCarthy is my Rep here in Kern Co CA, and I say HELL no to him as Speaker! (And I don’t swear). I remember in the 2018 Midterms his slogan was “Build the Wall and Crime will Fall!” Well, he won as expected, and what did he do to help Trump build that wall? Nothing! He’s as Uniparty as they get! RINO to the max! We need a MAGA Speaker, someone who stands for We the People, this Country, and the Constitution instead of Establishment who stabs us in the back whenever they can! Keep fighting, Rebels! NO McCarthy!
Like Pelosi, Kevin has a skewed sense of his own importance. He thinks he owns the office.
He has been a good little RINO assistant to Pelosi. He thinks he earned it by sucking up to nasty.
Just a thought, using recent history.
Remember close to the end of the Missouri US Senate race when PTrump was asked who he endorsed? He said “Eric” (for Schmitt and/or Greitens)?
Yes, PTrump may have said he supports McCarthy, but what if now he’s acknowledging to KM that there really are America 1st people who expect him to represent them. Telling KM to let things play out but do the right thing for the country. I imagine PTrump discouraged KM from buying democrat votes.
And, to Matt Gaetz who could have spoken to PTrump too, he has been guided to keep up the fight, let things play out but do the right thing for the country.
Eric and Eric.
Remember Obama’s “Office of the President Elect”? There was and is no such office there either.
In similar democratic constructs, the congress equals a parlement. Parler literally means “to speak”.
It is a responsibility of members of parliament to speak on behalf of whom they represent.
It is a place where problems are spoken about, addressed and opinions expressed.
In such a place where literally everyone should be a SPEAKER (parler) I am glad the adults are busy arguing in which chair and office they are going to sit. This is of course of pivotal importance for the words spoken.
I suppose they can afford themselves such squabling luxury, as all the major points for the next 9 months have already been addressed with the omnibus bill.
Part of the aftermath from yesterday, which I picked up from another source as I shut Fox News off more than two years ago, was The Five having a coniption fit about the failure to elect McCarthy. As I believe Sundance has pointed out, Paul Ryan, the former failed Speaker and current faux conservative, is on the Fox BoD, so it’s obvious that the order for the pearl clutching came from him, or some producer who he has a Soviet style hot line to him.
As Sundance points out, it’s a big club, and we ain’t in it. FOX just proved that yet again.
Matt Gaetz is the best.
From CFP
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/trump-i-fully-endorse-kevin-mccarthy/
He’s either part of the con, handled so much he is unaware, makes some of the absolute worst decisions or some combination of the three. None of which is acceptable. But in the end, does it really matter who is President? Like Sundance says of which I totally agree, we have to end this Great Era of Pretending. And one of the great “pretendings” is that a President will save this Constitutional Republic. It will take far more than one person and far more than voting. God help us.
Because of Trump’s policies, we had the highest employment ever, the lowest unemployment ever, the fastest growth ever, no new wars, a functioning southern border, lower crime, more business start-ups, etc.
Because of FJB policies [or whoever is running things], the economy is the worst since 1871, war in Ukraine is forever, crime is at all time highs, poverty and misery are rampant, we have no southern border, etc.
IT DOES MATTER WHO THE PRESIDENT IS!
We agree on needing God’s help!
I guess we will see if he has any pull with the rebels in Congress.
or maybe a deal has already been made.
Please name someone, anyone, who could or has done more for our Constitutional Republic as PDJT?
I’ll wait!
PS: It ain’t Ron Desanctimonious.
So according to D’s and their media propagandists you don’t have “muh democracy” if there is discussion and a non goose stepping vote.
…. and seal clapping. You ain’t got a democracy if there ain’t no clapping
Just called my Rep. and asked the person answering the phone to pass along a message for me. Person said “Sure! What’s the message?” QUIT VOTING FOR McCARTHY!!!
I was told message would be passed along…
Presented without comment…
comment: What else do we need? Like the directive or not – Trump is the only leader of freemen this nation is going to see for a very long time.
Categorically false.
Seems he is directing free men to bend the knee to the Globalist elite RINOS.
Well, McCarthy lacks credibility. That’s why people are holding out – they don’t believe him.
Perhaps one way to resolve this is for McCarthy to show an act of loyalty by ‘wacking’ a key Democrat – like Impeaching Biden this month.
Oh, he is credible. So credible, that he has a deal in the wings with the donkeys for a handful of votes.
That would quickly backfire with the new rules package I think. Plus McCarthy’s act would be over.
McCarthy is swamp. The swamp hedges its bets. That’s why he has already moved into speakers office.
Wrestling is an interesting sport in that quickness and understanding key points of leverage are critical to winning (submission is a typical win) and it favors the smaller more agile wrestler who physically appears ‘wiry’.
There’s no way for McCarthy to do that without being Speaker. You’ve unintentionally invented the Catch-22.
No matter. We know McCarthy by his actions. We can judge him by his fruits. He’s rotten.
Not a bad idea.
very much disagree with Trump on this
Seems the more I dig into McCarthy the more I realize how much he is a RINO.
I trust Trump. That’s it.
T trust Trump but remember Trump has already made several mistakes in his choices..
McCarthy has already throw Trump under the bus many times just in 2021 & 2022.
What did McCarthy do to throw Trump under the bus in 2021 and 2022? List a few examples.
And don’t interpret my question as being pro-McCarthy. I actually want him to drop out of the race, I can’t stand him.
Lets see he blamed Jan 6th on Trump….Hmmm That’s a BIGGIE..Agreed that it was a riot, ignoring all the cities that were burned over the summer, and even the burning of Washington.
There are MORE
I trust Jesus.
I don’t put my faith in princes.
Mr. Trump is a human and therefore fallible.
YES—Jesus is only one anyone can trust. Heck even Trump said that many times. Trump said many times to put your trust in the Lord NOT Government,
He lost 2024 with this
I said it above. Trump is a part of the con, handled so much he is unaware of everything, is incapable of making good personnel decisions or some combination of the three. None of which is acceptable. But in the end, we have to stop pretending that a President will save this Constitutional Republic. It’s gonna take a lot more than that and I’m concerned it’s near impossible to get all that is needed at the right time to do it. But I pray every day that we do.
Absolutely awful in personnel choices and with that flaw has exposed an Achilles heal that will prevent him from ever doing what we expect
KM is Yet Another Bad Choice (YABC)
Pence, McConnell (he says SORRY for that one lol), Sessions, Barr, Priebas, Wray, Hayden…
He sucks at finding people, that’s why he needs to fire them all the time 😂
He even stumped for Paul Ryan!
😂 😂 😂
He loves saying “You’re Fired!” 🙂
Yep, so he subconsciously picks losers to keep the personality going.
He needs to sit this one out.
Ignore Trump!
Called Ralph Normans office with heartfelt support and advice to tune out Trump!
Oh boy.
How many of Trump’s “picks” have been outed as the scum they are?
Would we have noticed if he hadn’t exposed them?
Bolton !? Dr. Oz ?!
McCarthy and still supporting the vaccine will do Trump in.
Are you going to not vote for Trump because of some vaccine issue? That would be counterproductive.
Why did he have to weigh in on this right now?
Really wish he would have let it play out.
The outgoing Republicans caused all of this. The Senate Republicans could have stopped the omnibus monstrosity but chose not to. By doing that the repugs have no power of the purse until October 1. So why should we care AT ALL what goes on with the House or even if a Speaker is elected.
The truth is we are probably better off without a functioning House at this point. No good would be produced by them in any event.
The only concession I care about is them getting the truth about Jan 6th out.
Releasing all of the videos, interview transcripts, and messages between Pelosi, McConnell, Schumer, Schaffer, etc.
And questioning the people who were in charge of the fake insurrection.
Schaefer = Schiff
I agree however they were never going to do that in any circumstances.
Jan. 6th is my top issue, too.
You should care because this is the 2024 election House. We need a situation amenable to a Trump win.
LOL! Gaetz is on FIRE!
McCarthy handled this all wrong! He was arrogant and overbearing. If he loses, it’s his own fault.
McCarthy is so thirsty for that Speaker job. It will be the pighnnacle of his career, he can go no higher. He probably has some competitive thing with his pal Paul Ryan, too.
There seems to be ‘bad blood’ between Gaetz and McCarthy. Did McCarthy know of and sign off for the FBI hit job on Gaetz? Would not surprise me as McCarthy was ready to throw Trump to the lions after the Pelosi and Wray fake J6 ‘insurrection’. Payback – it’s only fair.
Surprised that Matt Gaetz is putting it out there — good for him!
I had to do some reading to figure out why they refer to McCarthy as the “Speaker-designate”.
McCarthy won the House GOP Speakership nomination over Biggs in a 188 to 31 secret ballot vote the week after the midterm election.
Apparently this is an unofficial title. Of course McCarthy is such a climber he moves right in. Typical GOPe maneuver.
McCarthy appears to be unsuitable for the Speaker job. He’s showing a lack of willingness to compromise. If he can’t compromise to become Speaker, how likely is it after he is crowned that he’ll do so?
That said, the MAGA people fighting against McCarthy do need to be careful. This is our 2024 election House and we it to be amenable to a Trump run and Trump win.
Gaetz is turning into the AOC of the RNC.
McCarthy is not the problem.
And he’s the only one who wants the job who could possibly get it.
Arrogant entitlement.
Watching Cspan yesterday for the first time since high school, and can’t help but observe … “Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. “
With a republican group large enough to block McCarthy from speaker; Jordan, MTG, and Trump are apparently for McCarthy despite his horrible rhino status. Therefore, a compromise with the enemy (democrats) for a speaker is going to happen. Desantis is an enigma, not in a good way, has all the Wall St., big billionaire backers and democrats and rhino’s backing his presidency campaign. 18 f’n republicans of which Tom Cotton was a part of voted for the Omnibus bill. Unfortunately, I really see now that there is no path to saving the United States from destroying its self as a free democratic republic to a dictatorship. We do not have anyone representing patriots and good citizens of this country. All lie, cheat, and backstab us and will not do what is moral or right. I am practically convinced now that I see this happening. We can no longer trust any of them to lead. Our youth are idiots. Brainwashed fools. I am never this pessimistic but I see now even our MAGA politicians aren’t any better. I am very low. Take care of yourselves and your families. Head down, stay low so government/law enforcement don’t arrest you. Pray and keep your faith, dare to show it and/or you may be thrown in prison or killed. Criminals and evil run free and apparently given control. I just don’t see the U.S.A or any part of the world being saved now by man. It must absolutely be God whom saves us. I’m sorry for being drab and dreary. Unfortunately, for me now we are in endgame. It’s unfortunately so clear.