Happy January 6, Kevin McCarthy
On the second anniversary of the attack on our nation's Capitol, Kevin McCarthy begins the day 0-11 in his bid to be speaker of the House.
January 6, 2023
Two years after the disgusting attack on our nation's Capitol, it seems perfectly fitting that Kevin McCarthy resume his troubled bid to become Speaker of the House on January 6. But in an historic failure to secure the needed votes, McCarthy begins today having failed 11 times to win the Speaker position.
You'd think McCarthy's response to the January 6 Select Committee—refusing to cooperate because Speaker Pelosi nixed two of his nominees who peddled Trump's election fraud lies—would be enough to win support from the burning clown car to his right, but, no. That clown car is packed full of faux legislators like Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz, who seem to think that their teeth-gnashing, Tea Party-like lunatic fringe is actually fighting for its right to party.
We'll see what happens today. But, no matter how it shakes out, it seems very obvious that the Republican party is no longer grand, its traditions no longer very old. This is a young, flailing band of Twitter posters who seem to think that pulling social media stunts and dreaming up shocking soundbites for cable TV is enough to occupy a lawmaker's seat. Even after the GOP's disappointing showing in the mid-term elections (particularly by Trump's endorsed candidates), we're still having to deal with Trump's ditzy acolytes.
The American people deserve better. And on January 6, it's a reminder that lying about your role in lighting a dumpster fire isn't enough to contain it. If you never call 911, you just might end up burning down the house.