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Giuliani dressed in drag in front of kids.
I get the feeling we’re going to be seeing a lot of that from McCarthy in the days ahead. He bargained away much of the power he
might have had and he can barely turn around without some clown from his own party bumping into him and spilling his drink. >

If he lasts as Speaker past Memorial Day, I’ll be shocked. >

Okay someone get the head of lettuce. >

Kevin McCarthy, concerning refusing to allow Swalwell and Schiff on the Intel committee:

"They will not serve on the Intel Committee because integrity matters to me."

Ha, ha!  Good one, Kevin!  For a second or two there, you had me thinking you could take your job seriously. >

Republicans confuse integrity with fealty. >

Integrity? Nobody is even sure of Santos real name and he’s a congressman, with a good amount of Russian money behind him. It’s just embarrassing at this point. >

Like he had any “cool” to lose >

To achieve "cool", he would first have to thaw. >

Wait, shit thaws? >

Actually, the thawing of frozen manure and resulting agricultural runoff is a pretty big environmental problem that is being exacerbated by climate change. See here for a decent summary.
I'd say the comparison to McCarthy is on point. >

Wasn't expecting to learn about agricultural run off and it's impact being increased by warmer seasons.  
But here we are. 
And I'll say thanks. Learned something new and very applicable to the area if canada I live in. (Alberta has a lot of farmland and much if it is cattle) >

The Speaker of the house is angry he has to speak on matter pertaining to the house. Kevin, you’re worthless >

He's a fuckin' eunuch and he's pissed everyone knows... >

Santos is less a person and more a conglomeration of false identities. But he is one of the votes McCarthy needed, and still needs, to be "Speaker".
So the honest answer would be that, but I can't see McCarthy saying that. >

I don’t know. I’d say Santos is more of a conglomeration of republican ideals.  Gaslight, obstruct, project. >

The key thing I keep coming back to, every time I read a story about Santos, is "how is this person real?". There's no coherent self behind these stories.
I'd argue that Trump is that crystallized Republican ideal. He's the embodiment of everything they're looking for--rich, liar, white, dumb and racist, a gaslighter, obstructor, and projector par excellence. George Santos defies every attempt at explanation in a way Trump never did--he's not coherent enough as a person to be understood. When trying to describe him, adjectives fall flat or he runs away from them like he flees a wire fraud charge in Brazil. He simply lacks the solidity for me to say that he possesses any quality save being a liar, so I can't say he represents any kind of ideal, even the negative ones. He's too insubstantial for that. >

My god, George Santos is the living persona of “flooding the zone with shit”.
He’s a walking disinformation technique designed to confuse the public with lots of false and even contradictory information — and so much of it, until nobody knows what’s objectively true anymore.
As falsehood after falsehood are revealed, he doesn’t seem to be apologetic, backpedaling, or even worried about owning up to anything. Honestly, sometimes I wonder if he’s being employed to test the boundaries of US voter credulity. And to lower (even further) the minimum amount of integrity one should demonstrate as an elected official. Two for one! >

What a snowflake! >

It's breathtaking the amount of blatant lying to reporters McCarthy has been doing since being elected speaker. It's like he's been taking lessons from Trump and Santos. >

If he doesn't back santos, santos will call for a no confidence vote in him as speaker. >

Like an infinite loop! Oooo... interesting... >

All republicans do is fucking whine >

“We’re gonna whine,whine,whine. We're going to whine with the military, we're going to whine at the borders, we're going to whine with trade, we're going to whine at everything. And some of you are friends and you're going to call, and you're going to say, 'Mr. President, please, we can't take it anymore, we can't whine anymore like this, Mr. President, you're driving us crazy, you're whining too much, please Mr. President, we are sick of whining, and I'm going to say I'm sorry, we're going to keep whining.” >

Nice! Would you like some cheese with your win? >

He's just too emotional to be Speaker. >

You wanted to be Speaker, asshole. I know the gavel is mesmerizing and all, but you are kind of the face of the House right now and actually need to do your job. >

Yeah right he will actually do that, he’s a joke. >


CNN’s Manu Raju began the exchange on Tuesday by questioning Mr McCarthy over whether his resistance to calling for Mr Santos to resign, a step several of his GOP colleagues have taken, was due to his desire to protect a single-digit Republican majority in the chamber. Mr McCarthy denied this, telling Mr Raju that were he to hold Congress and the US government to that standard, many lawmakers including President Joe Biden would be unfit to serve. >

Sick burn on Joe Biden, dragging out decades-old accusations. Santos / Devolder has made up his entire history. It's like comparing shoplifting a toothbrush to stealing the Mona Lisa. >

So he's plain rude as well as being a servile lickspittle >

Hopefully the reporters smell blood in the water and never let him live down the back room deals he made with the devil(s). >

Kevin McCarthy supports known liar and astronaut George Santos and yet claims Shift and Swalwell all liars without providing any evidence. >

But integrity is very important to him. >

I need a video of this! >

The speaker shall not speak. 
Unless it's about getting the rich richer, the working class working harder and how Santos single handedly stopped communism by being the most not drag queen who kill Stalin. >

I do hope reporters just keep asking the same question over and over, because  just how can McCarthy justify supporting Santos in any way whatsoever?? >

He can’t. 
So hope you like watching him flail around, hoping against hope that somehow the next words his mouth says magically make it all go away. 
He’s going to be doing that a lot. >

He gave a woman who personally harassed school shooting victims committee positions. >

That's a red flag
A Pulitzer to the first one who finds out but he is trying to hide >

It's not hard to figure out. The Republicans have a hair thin majority in the House, removing Santos would trim that further. He doesn't care who he has to cozy up to to make sure Republicans retain control of the House. >

You hit the nail right on the head
But the results of the question of how much did he know before the election >

“Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I am angry. I ugly cry when I am angry, I get super red in the face then I hold my breath until I turn blue and pass out. When I wake up I am headachy and grumpy the rest of the day. Yeah you wanna deal with that? So don’t make me angry.” >

This is just another bad Home Alone remake isn't it? The parents are gone, Kevin's alone, and the bad guys are getting into everything... Culkin should sue for copyright infringement. >

McCarthy has sold so many parts of his soul that mathmaticians dont even have a way to quantify it. >

Voldemort could only divide his by 7.  How many cocks has McCarthy sucked? >

Keep harping on this, reporters. He’s a puppet and he shouldn’t be allowed to pretend otherwise. Keep plucking those strings. >

tin pot dictator of the house at best >

So is there a good reason why the GOP is backing him? >

They need the seat. They barely won the house majority >

Is the GOP afraid the special election won't go their way? >

Yes, I believe it’s been a largely democratic district in the past. And with the ongoing GOP implosion they would probably lose the seat. They are stuck with Santos for two years. Apparently even a convicted representative can still “serve”. >

Pearl clutching sack of shinola. >

this is fake news. McCarthy has never EVER had one once of cool to begin with. >

"Yessss, reach out with your hate...." >

Tough >

Kevin and George both needed votes, which they generated for each other. >

“Backing” …. There’s a joke there…. >

Spineless man loses his “cool” >

Can George Santos read to children in a library?