Tag: Kevin McCarthy
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GOP Leaders, Listen to Your Base
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2024 (Mar. 3, 2024) — On Wednesday, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the last of the Republican Party “Mc-Failures,” announced his retirement from his leadership position. As GOP Senate leader for 17 years, McConnell can boast of the longest tenure in congressional history. He will vacate his party…
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GOP Rebels Deserve Credit for First Week Success
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2023 (Jan. 15, 2023) — While the House of Representatives were using fifteen ballots to elect Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker, some Republican politicians and commentators grew impatient. Their anger was directed at the twenty Freedom Caucus members who refused to immediately support McCarthy for House Speaker. The criticism…
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Trump Reiterates: “Good Things Happening for the Republican Party”
by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 6, 2023) — In a brief post Friday morning, 45th President of the United States and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump repeated a claim he made on his Truth Social account late Wednesday portending positive developments for the party in the wake of a contentious debate over who the…
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Henry Gaining Ground (RR)
by Roving Reporter, ©2023 (Jan. 6, 2023) — “Am I Ready” (2:24) “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the place to hear it here first. Rook Dunkin invited us to his church on Hawthorn Street to hear Henry’s acceptance speech on behalf of the ‘Hopping Mad Party,’ but before we…
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Speaker Debate Proceeding in House
by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 3, 2023) — As of 4:09 p.m. EST, the U.S. House of Representatives is debating prior to casting its third round of ballots for a new Speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy twice failed to receive a 218-vote majority to secure the post. While many, including Elise Stefanik and Steve Scalise, support…
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Speaker Vote to Take Place Imminently Tuesday
by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 3, 2023) — 12:13 p.m. – According to Bloomberg News, a vote for Speaker of the House will take place between noon and 1:00 PM Tuesday, just prior to the swearing-in of the 118th Congress. The election of Rep. Kevin McCarthy by a majority of 218 in the House of Representatives…
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Lord Acton Was Sooooo Right
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Apr. 20, 2021) — Representative Maxine Waters (D. CA) – now seeks to incite rioting in the streets if the result in the Derek Chauvin trial over the death of George Floyd is anything other than “guilty, guilty, guilty.” She also suggested that people ignore a mandated curfew and “get more…