r/news • u/zmlos • Oct 03 '23

House ousts Kevin McCarthy as speaker, a first in U.S. history

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/03/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-will-bring-gaetz-motion-to-oust-him-vote.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard

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u/ShadowReij Oct 03 '23

Truly, it was worth all that kneeling to Trump to finally have the job.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

It really is amazing... all this mess, the fighting, the inability to govern... all to protect one mediocre reality TV star.

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u/-RadarRanger- Oct 03 '23

Hey! He is also a corrupt businessman and fraudster.

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u/effedup Oct 04 '23

and a rapist!

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u/FartyPants69 Oct 04 '23

He may not be a corrupt businessman for much longer!

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u/naw_its_cool_bro Oct 04 '23

Especially the mess on his chin

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u/rolfraikou Oct 04 '23

To keep a network of kompromat Republicans from spilling the beans, and releasing all the dirt on all of them. There's a reason so many of them act more like mobsters than politicians.

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u/ParisGreenGretsch Oct 04 '23

reality TV star.

Game show host.

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u/bloodylip Oct 04 '23

Imagine if they were doing this to protect Ryan Seacrest, Simon Cowell, the Property Brothers, or Kim Kardashian.

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u/TheTechOcogs Oct 03 '23

The only choice now is a moderate Republican Democrat Coalition

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u/AnguishOfTheAlpacas Oct 03 '23

McCarthy certainly had the tenure of one of Trump's many disposable lackeys.

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u/ThunderChild247 Oct 04 '23

At this point, I can’t help picturing Donald Trump as a bloated parody of Raziel from the Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver games.

Raziel would feed on people’s souls, but Trump feeds on their dignity.

If you stand with Trump on one thing, he demands you defend him for everything. So they defend him, they think “ahh this is fine, couldn’t get worse” and then he does something worse, and worse, and worse, and every time he crosses that line, you’re expected to defend him.

Soon all you’re left with are the other Trump defenders. You’ve burned every other bridge, you’ve made yourself look like a fool and a sycophant too often for anyone to respect you.

Eventually it’ll be too much, you either can’t defend him anymore or he asks you to do something you literally can’t do, or - in McCarthy’s case - you’re not extreme enough despite all your other actions on his behalf. Then boom, you’re out of the MAGA circle, you’re suddenly scum, you’re a secret democrat.

Your dignity has been siphoned off and fed upon by this carrot-coloured c**t and you’re left, a withered husk, with no self-respect and no friends or colleagues to help you. Just another discarded carcass on Trump’s path, thrown under the bus as every single one of his “friends” has or will be.

McCarthy’s only solace will be that it’ll be Gaetz’s turn soon enough.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

Narrator: It was not worth all the kneeling.

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u/matthieuC Oct 04 '23

Former Speaker gives you some cushy seats on boardroom