Today, the House Republicans will demonstrate once again why they are unfit to govern. Their current leader, spineless and amoral windsock Rep. Kevin "Qevin" McCarthy, has been after the Speakership for most of his adult life, and he may be denied his greatest dream today at noon. To get to the 218 votes he needs, he's bargained away everything but his clothes from his neo-fascist party caucus. Several of the most extreme seditionists are vowing never to vote for him, even after he's given them concession after concession, subcommittee and committee chairs, and legislative priority for their reactionary agenda. He's even agreed to the "motion to vacate the chair" rule, allowing only five Representatives to call for a vote to remove him from office.
His desperation seems to be feeding the resistance to him, as he's increasingly seen as undercutting his own power and authority to appease a radical and nihilist core who will vote against him in the end as a cruel twist of the knife. There was a brief moment on January 6, 2021, when McCarthy stood in the House and blamed the Malignant Loser for the attempted coup that day, only to follow up shortly after with an obsequious visit to see him at Merde O' Lardo to assure his cult leader that everything would be OK. He made a bargain with the devil then, and now the bill has come due for the malleable, ambitious Mr. McCarthy.
UPDATE: McCarthy failed on three votes by the House this afternoon, which has adjourned until noon on Wednesday. A block of 20 insurrectionist Republicans voted against him on the third round of voting.
(photo: The stink won't go away, Kevin. Getty Images)
