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Debt Ceiling Tests Speaker McCarthy as He Rides Breezily Through High-Wire Act of His Career, Cheer
US News ^ | 05/28/2023 | US News

Posted on 05/29/2023 5:02:10 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano

“Debt Ceiling Tests Speaker McCarthy as He Rides Breezily Through High-Wire Act of His Career”

WASHINGTON (AP) — One morning during the debt ceiling crisis, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy climbed onto his mountain bike and took a ride along the National Mall, marveling at the monuments.

The next day he arrived for negotiations at the Capitol carting in tortilla chips and queso for the beleaguered reporters waiting outside his office during the 24/7 talks.

Throughout the weeks of grueling negotiations McCarthy has remained relentlessly optimistic, breezing through the anxiety-filled hours, seemingly certain of the outcome.

Underestimated from the start, he is nothing if not relentless. To become speaker, McCarthy endured 14 failed votes before finally securing the gavel on the 15th try, only after he had tired his colleagues out and given hard-right conservatives all sorts of promises and concessions.

McCarthy, with his laid-back California vibe, was never Washington’s bet to become speaker, having almost missed seizing the gavel in a history-making spectacle at the start of this year.

But the 58-year-old is now leading House Republicans in the high-wire act of his career: Having negotiated a deal with Democratic President Joe Biden over the weekend to raise the nation's debt limit…

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: debt; mccarthy; nevertrustgop; rino; teamromney; teamryan
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MEDIA CHEERING FOR KEVIN MCCARTHY!




WOW! What a reversal!



Media-Darling





1 posted on 05/29/2023 5:02:10 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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2 posted on 05/29/2023 5:02:26 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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3 posted on 05/29/2023 5:04:43 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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Thanks for getting it done without affecting my Medical Treatment
at the Beach House.



4 posted on 05/29/2023 5:11:09 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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If this deal goes through, McCarthy is trash to me. This gives the Rats everything and the people a tiny piece of stale bubble gum.


5 posted on 05/29/2023 5:12:03 PM PDT by Boomer (The biden regime / identity politics is a clear and present threat to this constitutional republic.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

“Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

100 years ago, our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.”

Charlie Reese (Feb. 1984)


6 posted on 05/29/2023 5:16:25 PM PDT by xenia ( “The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it” George Orwell)
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Wise Words


7 posted on 05/29/2023 5:18:37 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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Looks like the New Power Photo is riding a bike in an upright style. A style set by the packaging of a man with Dementia.

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8 posted on 05/29/2023 5:20:37 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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Kevin is a WEF sellout. He should be kicked out of congress.


9 posted on 05/29/2023 5:22:37 PM PDT by dragonblustar (Democrats groom then butcher children and call it gender affirming. )
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The Media know the huge issue was not having an Debt Limit until after he’s re-elected.

That is Biden’s sweet spot, Promise everything to everyone - and not be encumbered by Reality.

He’s going to Cure Cancer, eliminate School Testing, and banish Tuition for the middle class. I’m going to take those profits from Banks, my neighbors, those Credit Card companies that have been supporting me for 40 years..

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10 posted on 05/29/2023 5:33:15 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: Boomer

That’s already been chewed


11 posted on 05/29/2023 5:34:39 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: AnthonySoprano

Probably language buried in there that they won’t prosecute Hunter or Joe.


12 posted on 05/29/2023 5:39:20 PM PDT by Fireone (Proud idiot 2023)
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Trump endorsed McCarthy. So this must be terrific.


13 posted on 05/29/2023 5:46:06 PM PDT by momincombatboots (BQEphesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
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If Trump had proposed expanding and Flooding an Agency with Money that was Investigating him, every member of the Media would be calling it a Payoff.

No one on TV has pointed out that simple fact.


14 posted on 05/29/2023 5:46:14 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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Kevin is a faggot and he has the backing of all the faggots in congress.


15 posted on 05/29/2023 6:03:58 PM PDT by ChuckHam
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Kevin is a bundle of twigs and sticks?


16 posted on 05/29/2023 6:07:12 PM PDT by Moleman
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To: AnthonySoprano

When the media and the dimocrats are smiling, the fix is in.


17 posted on 05/29/2023 6:10:43 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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Yep, the Democrats and RINOs are having another laugh at the expense of the American taxpayer. Same old BS.
18 posted on 05/29/2023 6:20:25 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
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McCarthy sold the American Taxpayer out, 87000 armed IRS agents will have a free reign over the American Banking System and the Taxpayer with fire arms for backup. They will know every intimate detail about you other than taxes. Tax monitoring is a ruse, they want to control you, and will. Thanks Marxist Dems.


19 posted on 05/29/2023 6:28:01 PM PDT by chopperk
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AMEN!


20 posted on 05/29/2023 6:29:19 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
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