'Stunned' House Republicans Blast McCarthy following NYT Leak

[Zorro]

Simmering tensions among House Republicans flared anew over the weekend, following a New York Times report that detailed how Kevin McCarthy’s (R., Calif.) bitterly contested speakership battle has undermined his confidence in colleagues.

While it took McCarthy a historic 15 ballots to secure the position through January’s chaos and infighting, the speaker reportedly remains particularly frustrated by certain Republicans — including Jodey Arrington (R., Texas) and Steve Scalise (R., La.), the budget committee chairman and House majority leader, respectively.

“Mr. McCarthy has told colleagues he has no confidence in Mr. Arrington, the man responsible for delivering a budget framework laying out the spending cuts that Republicans have said they will demand in exchange for any move to increase the debt limit,” Jonathan Swan and Annie Karni wrote in the Times. McCarthy still regards Arrington, who sought to nominate Scalise during the speakership balloting, “as incompetent, according to more than half a dozen people familiar with this his thinking,” the Times revealed.

The leaks, in turn, appear only to have further chilled relations between McCarthy and some members of the conference.

“The members I’ve spoken with are just stunned by his rebuking of his budget chair, and certainly of our leadership,” an unnamed House Republican told Axios on Saturday. The representative expressed doubts McCarthy will serve the full extent of his speakership term.

“I can’t imagine.”

https://news.yahoo.com/stunned-house-republicans-blast-mccarthy-151335031.html

Things seem to be going as well as expected...

[Me.]

1. Now JUst Who Couldn't See THat Boulder Rolling Downhill?

[Turbineguy]

2. That's the thing about fuck-ups

you can't expect them to fuck-up in a limited way, like things you want fucked up. And not things you don't want fucked up.

[pandr32]

41. Lesson for today!

[Hekate]

3. Fight! Fight! Fight!

[Cha]

4. lol.. aren't "Leaks" done on purpose?

[stopdiggin]

28. this is exactly it.

people within his own camp are (actively) stabbing him in the back. No question but this is deliberate political knee-capping.

(either that or there's a massive amount of liquor on board .. and far too much 'happy hour' .. )

[FSogol]

33. "people within his own camp are (actively) stabbing him in the back" Et tu, Everyone?

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. A Party of complete incompetents.

But their voters liked their agenda,,,,gaslight Democrats. Except, they are in control of the House and they need to deliver a budget....a budget that most Americans have no interest in. What to do? Implode!

[maxsolomon]

43. Their position is probably that they don't need to deliver a budget.

The Executive Branch proposes a budget, the Congress passes it, right?

They're not going to put their outline out for public consumption; they'll just snipe at Biden's. Much easier that way.

[MyOwnPeace]

53. It's a plan.......

that has worked for the past 20 years or so - blame EVERYTHING on the Dems - they either have to 'provide' a budget (which they will shut down) OR, fail to provide one (if it is 'their turn') and claim the Dems would never pass it.

AND THE FOOLS (Yeah, you MAGAts!) believe it every time - and too many chicken-shit Dems fold because they don't have the balls to stand up and say: "BULLSHIT!!!!!!"

OK - OK - I know - 'DON'T BASH DEMS!' But I'm thinking that if they were 'real' Dems they'd step up and do the right thing!

[sheshe2]

6. REPUBLICANS IN DISARRAY

[ananda]

15. Like toddlers fighting over loose bricks in their own brains.

Munch munch

[sheshe2]

16. Toddlers are so much smarter than the gop.

[machoneman]

31. It's all Hillary's fault! Btw, popcorn stocks hit a new high this a.m. om Wall Street!

[republianmushroom]

7. Doesn't look like herding those cats are going well for Kevin.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

8. We all know that "budget proposal" will be stupid

Because Arrington is mud level stupid.

What's amusing is that McCarthy is also stupid, but not so stupid as to trust what Arrington will let loose, and he certainly suspects it won't turn out well. Which indicates a bit of glimmer of a light behind those dead eyes of his.

I'm almost afraid to think that Kev might be the smartest of the very stupid people in Congress.

Is that an example of damning with faint praise?

[MayReasonRule]

36. LoL "...the smartest of the very stupid people in Congress." LoL

I classify "Damning with faint praise" as a categorical subset of "Classic English Understatements".

“By God, sir, I've lost my leg!” “By God, sir, so you have!”

COPY & PASTE in Browser:
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[Upthevibe]

9. Kick. n/t

[rso]

10. McCarthy

“How will democrats ever recover from this” ? — Chuck Todd.

[machoneman]

34. Oh, that's a good one! Yeah, old Chuckiecheesehead will turn this into an attack on us Dems. In 5-4-

3-2-1. Mope!

[ShazzieB]

37. Is that an actual quote or a prediction?

I suspect the latter, but I can't tell for sure. Poe's law strikes again!

[BOSSHOG]

11. McCarthy walks into a bar

And calls another radical right wing maga moron incompetent. There’s gotta be a joke there somewhere.

When will the lunatics discover they are much happier in the minority? There they have no responsibility and they haven’t had the competence to lead, govern and manage money since I was a young sailor unconcerned with health care and a pension.

[Pinback]

21. McCarthy walks into a low bar and gets a concussion. (nt)

[BOSSHOG]

23. McCarthy walks into a breath of fresh air and gets a concussion.

[Pinback]

40. Ha, yes.

Anything healthy and natural is anathema to these freaks.

[housecat]

49. lol

[EarthFirst]

12. Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! nt

[NNadir]

13. What a bunch of unpatriotic fuck ups, holding their country hostage to their sick ambitions. n/t.

[hay rick]

18. The people who fund their campaigns select them for their obvious lack of character.

The willingness to follow orders is an essential part of the desired employee profile. Competence, not so much.

[Takket]

14. are all the people that voted rethug because Biden "caused inflation and high gas prices"

pleased with all the bills rethugs have passed to combat those issues?

[newdayneeded]

35. That means nothing to them,

they hate blacks, gays, and trans. That's all the cult fans care about.

[CanonRay]

17. A moron trying to lead fools.

[dai13sy]

19. Sooo

with Gym Jordan and MTG telling McCarthy what to do and how to act I'm just sitting here in my front room clapping my hands loudly, making unlady-like noises and my Husband can make a whistle sound denigrating (so cool). McCarthy should be on the midnight train to nowhere soon

[Zilli]

20. Well, when Kevin is kicked to the curb, as we all know he will be,

the next person to occupy this leadership role could likely be "The Shrieker of the House" "Marginal Traitor Greene", the most powerful Qpublican in her klan. The thought of this possibility is nauseating.
Thank you to whoever I swiped these great titles, for the awful individual, from.

[stopdiggin]

29. but of course, MTG would be even more inept and

incompetent at the job that her predecessor ... Which would lead to more political circus - (pleasing the media - but not great many else, including the GOP - base or otherwise)

[machoneman]

32. Oh Lord, I pray at night that MTG becomes the next House Speaker! Or, Santos. Or Boberthead. Please.

My god how stupid are these MAGAT House republicans? As deep as the ocean, as high as space, as thick...as a brick!

[LymphocyteLover]

22. we could all laugh at it if these clueless fuckwads didn't have the power to

destroy the US economy. They need to raise the debt ceiling in the next 2 months and it's not clear they will be able to get their act together. Some of these psychos even WANT to crash the economy.

[gratuitous]

24. They're "stunned" that McCarthy is a loose-lipped self saboteur?

Maybe we need to do a whole bunch of tests on House Republicans for brain damage.

[Renew Deal]

25. None of us can "image" him making it for 2 years

He’s the perfect example of failing upwards. He’s a political flunky. But I'm not convinced they have better alternatives.

[TeamProg]

26. Yay! Children cannot lead! nt

[MarineCombatEngineer]

27. LOL.

Never interrupt your enemy when they're make a mistake.

Just sit back and enjoy the shit show.

[Hortensis]

48. This if course. They ARE the national stage, couldn't

scurry for the shadows if they wanted to. And no doubt they do.

[live love laugh]

30. It doesn't matter. Any of them will do nothing in his place.

[ShazzieB]

38. Much as I'd enjoy seeing Kev lose the Speakership, I fear who might succeed him.

He looks positively sane compared to done of the other nutjobs in the GOP caucus.

[niyad]

39. No tea and sympathy here, you soulless wastes of resources.

[SWBTATTReg]

42. These are children, who don't know how to govern, obviously. Good grief.

I guess one good thing about this pathetic state of disrepair by republicans and their efforts to literally do anything, is that they are showing all of America just how idiotic they truly are. Makes me wonder if they're all still listening to tRUMP and his idiotic mutterings, and continuing to block anything constructive, decent, etc. by the Biden administration.

More than likely they still are and continuing to fail to address serious issues that the Country faces. Republicans would rather perform 'gotcha' meetings and bowing down and kissing tRUMP's fungus-riddled feet.

[Ligyron]

44. They didn't run for office to govern.

The ran to complain just like their idiot voters.

Well, that and hopefully get famous, which apparently is easy ... all you have to do is shout and yell and do outrageous things like Marginal Traitor Green, (so brilliantly named there).

[Wounded Bear]

45. Running the House on a good day is like herding cats...

Running the House with a repub majority is like herding rabid, drug addled cats that haven't eaten in several days.

[Hortensis]

51. :) You reminded me of Nancy giving some rambunctious members

"the look" her own kids knew well when they cheered during the impeachment vote. She was a strong leader because, above all, she inspired strong respect and trust. And she always knew where all 235 were.

[Wounded Bear]

56. Nobody herded cats like Madame Speaker Pelosi. Nobody...nt

[WheelWalker]

46. Please proceed Mr. Speaker.

[stage left]

47. Randy Rainbow

needs to do a parody of Les Miserables "Master of the House" called Speaker of the House. That would be hilarious.

[housecat]

50. Email him!

[Ramsey Barner]

52. He did!

[Paper Roses]

54. !!!!! Fantastic.

[stage left]

57. Oh great!

I missed that one. Hilarious!

[Warpy]

55. McCarthy might be blinded by power, but he's not as stupid as we thought

if he can see that his power is over the Klown Kongress and it's tenuous, at best.

Of course he's got little faith in the GOP leadership when it's Jordan, Greene, Boebert, Gosar, Biggs, Boggs, and the rest of the red nose orange wig squad.

I wouldn't change places with him for anything.

[lindysalsagal]

58. The GQP won just enough house seats to establish total immobilization of government.

But I suspect some florida house seats are going to turn blue in the future.