BREAKING: Democrats gleefully throw Kevin McCarthy to the wolves by announcing that they will not save him from Matt Gaetz's efforts to remove him from the Speakership.
This is just TOO perfect.
Emerging from a closed-door meeting, House Democrats stated that they will vote to oust McCarthy, giving Gaetz's political coup attempt a far better chance of success.
"We are following our leader, and we are not saving Kevin McCarthy," said Representative Pramila Jayapal. Representative Zoe Lofgren echoed the sentiment.
Given that the House is held by a slim majority of Republicans, McCarthy now faces a difficult battle to maintain his margin of power. Without Democrats on his side, his task becomes exponentially harder.
"If five Republicans go with Democrats, then I’m out," admitted McCarthy.
"I cannot imagine a single Democrat that would be interested in keeping McCarthy as Speaker," said Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who was herself a victim of McCarthy's partisan hackery when she was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee for made up reasons.
"I know I’m gonna vote against him," said Congressman Adam Schiff, who was similarly sabotaged by McCarthy and blocked from the House Intelligence Committee.
"This is someone who voted to overturn the election. This is someone who reneged on the budget deal with the President," Schiff added. "This is someone who betrays his word on pretty much a daily basis. That’s not someone we have to trust to run one of the most important institutions in the country."
Representative Jared Golden, who is a "moderate" Democrat who has been known to vote with Republicans, said he will also vote to get rid of McCarthy.
"The GOP has control of the House, and it is their responsibility to pick their leaders. That decision has nothing to do with me or with any Democrat," said Golden. "But in the interest of answering inquiries to my office about whether or not I would support Kevin McCarthy: he’s not the leader I would choose — he doesn’t have the pulse of the people of Maine’s Second District. Absent any significantly meaningful benefit for Maine’s Second District, I see no reason to vote for him."
Disaster is brewing for Kevin McCarthy and Democrats are handling it perfectly. If he's removed, he'll be remembered as one of the weakest, least effective Speakers in American history.
McCarthy made his deal with the MAGA devil to get into power. Now, he's going to burn.
