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Kevin McCarthy's fragile control over the House GOP looks shaky as hardline Republicans go into open REBELLION
Business Insider ^ | 06/08/2023 | jswearingen

Posted on 06/08/2023 11:57:34 AM PDT by OakOak

The Washington Post reports that dissenting lawmakers are angry over a deal McCarthy struck with President Biden last week to raise the debt ceiling, claiming Republicans "got rolled" in the compromise.

The stalemate resulted in the House adjourning until next Monday and scrapping the remainder of the week's votes.

Lawmakers from both parties expressed frustration with the situation, the Post reported.

McCarthy blamed the conservative rebels for not specifying their demands. "There are a few members who aren't actually in the Freedom Caucus, and I'm not quite sure what they're concerned about," McCarthy said, according to Fox News.

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KEYWORDS: debt; mccarthy; rino
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Divide and attack. Conservatives are the Extremists. Conservatives don’t see the great prosperity. They are irrational for not attending the parties and drinking the Kool-Aid.

McCarthy trying to bring more attacks on the Conservatives. “They” are the problem.

1 posted on 06/08/2023 11:57:34 AM PDT by OakOak
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To: OakOak

No such thing as “hardline Democrats,” of course.


2 posted on 06/08/2023 11:58:11 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: OakOak

Why don’t the Republicans go into “Rebellion” over this national security, open border, country killing disaster?


3 posted on 06/08/2023 12:05:46 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: OakOak

Well, make a motion to vacate the chair then. Let’s see how that plays out.


4 posted on 06/08/2023 12:06:30 PM PDT by Bullish (Either we don't see it coming or they don't... But somebody's got it coming.)
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To: OakOak

Hard line republicans hardly, grow up. They want anyone but Trump.


5 posted on 06/08/2023 12:07:06 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: OakOak

The freedom caucus warned McCarthy not to turn to the left. He did it anyway and tried to strong-arm the conservatives into abandoning their principles. McCarthy’s attempt to bribe and twist Clyde (R-GA) on the pistol-brace issue was a betrayal of his promises to conservatives.

He thought he could just run over the Freedom Caucus and they would fall in line. He chose poorly.


6 posted on 06/08/2023 12:09:22 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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To: OakOak

I don’t believe them, not the conservatives, not mccarthy, not any of them. The conservatives don’t even have a majority of the Republicans. What exactly did they expect???


7 posted on 06/08/2023 12:10:01 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: OakOak

The Freedom Caucus got exposed as a bunch of feckless frauds once Rep. Thomas Massie signed onto this deal. This is the dope who’d sanctimoniously stand on “principle” and preach “fiscal responsibility” throughout his career in Congress while ending up on the losing side of 420-5 votes for spending bills.


8 posted on 06/08/2023 12:13:57 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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To: OakOak
How many years have we had to suffer through this:


9 posted on 06/08/2023 12:18:28 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Bullish

Yes, if this was a true rebellion, they would make the motion to vacate the chair.

I thought part of the deal which made McCarthy speaker, was that just 1 Republican, could make a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair.

And then, the motion will be voted on.

Yes, there’s lots of complaining and anger behind the scenes at the debt ceiling deal, but, will any Republican take action; just how angry are they, at McCarthy? Angry enough to want to vacate the chair?

Or is this talk just the usual bluff and bluster we often hear from politicians????


10 posted on 06/08/2023 12:25:31 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: CFW
He chose poorly.

Yes he did and now the Freedom Caucus will shut down the House, nothing passes.

11 posted on 06/08/2023 12:30:41 PM PDT by jpsb
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To: Bullish

exactly.


12 posted on 06/08/2023 12:33:56 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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Mark Levin doesn’t like these attacks on McCarthy.


13 posted on 06/08/2023 12:34:50 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: OakOak

Up the rebels!


14 posted on 06/08/2023 12:51:52 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: dragnet2

I’ll say it again our country is crooked! This nation is burned to a crisp. 2 million invaders in the span of two years is a whole lot of nastiness coming to our soil. What happen in France today will happen here in the US. Can’t remember the commentator who said …my biggest fear is that Terrorists who evaded capture at the border will do another 9/11 in a bigger scale. Our government doesn’t give a shit all they care about is hunting down Trump and putting him behind bars. They don’t care the Chinese are building a base to spy on our military communications. They don’t care and you know what? I’ve gotten to the point that I don’t even care anymore. This nation does not have a fix. Americans have been neutered not to raise a stink over the government or your ass will end up in jail for years and years. Just ask any J6 prisoners who were unjustly arrested and without any representation thrown in prison for years! They have placed the fear of government in people’s hearts and a boot on our necks!


15 posted on 06/08/2023 12:54:11 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: RoseofTexas

Let me Clarify, our government doesn’t give a shit about China building a surveillance base in Cuba to intercept our military communications. They’re too freaking busy hunting down grandparents, elderly, parents, Americans, your ordinary citizens. We’ve lost this country to a communist regime called our government known as the DC swamp. They are our lords and masters now. SO JUST SUBMIT!


16 posted on 06/08/2023 12:58:57 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: RoseofTexas

Yep..

If I ran my household and finances like these corrupt professional class lawyer politicians do the country, I’d lose everything, I’d be broke and be living in a tent under a freeway overpass.


17 posted on 06/08/2023 1:01:43 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: RoseofTexas

I hope you are being sarcastic-but if not, you are welcome to submit if you choose-others like myself have no intention of doing so-we are gonna keep on truckin’until that swamp is drained or we’ve gone on to the next place...


18 posted on 06/08/2023 1:06:54 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: TakebackGOP

I do agree that these attacks are somewhat misplaced. A debt ceiling bill isn’t really the best place to make a stand for fiscal responsibility. It’s sort of like worrying about how you’re going to pay for a $30,000 home improvement project after you’ve already retained the contractor and purchased the materials.


19 posted on 06/08/2023 1:08:00 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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To: dragnet2

Let’s all call our rep’s offices and encourage them to smack down McCarthy’s ass with a motion to vacate-I already did...


20 posted on 06/08/2023 1:11:01 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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