Kevin McCarthy Gave a long speech. His democratic colleagues had jokes.
Kevin McCarthy just broke the record for the longest-ever floor speech in the history of the House. He spoke for 8 hours and 33 minutes.
Good for him! He put on his big boy pants and worked really, really hard to ensure that Congress couldn’t do jack for working people in this country… at least for one more night.
Fortunately, the Democrats in the House simply waited him out, and then quickly voted yes on Build Back Better, the bill he was so desperate to prevent moving forward.
Instead of letting a bill pass that would revitalize the US economy and provide $1.75 trillion dollars to build up our country’s infrastructure and fight climate change, McCarthy chose instead to ramble on… all freaking night.
Just to put this in perspective, McCarthy filibustered long enough to play two rounds of golf with his puppet master Donald Trump. Instead of watching McCarthy ramble on about nothing, you could have binged an entire season of Mad Men. In the time he used to set our country back, you could have driven from the House Chamber all the way to Detroit, where you could witness our country’s crumbling infrastructure firsthand.
While McCarthy may have been pretty proud of himself for forcing all eyes on him, his Democratic colleagues — the ones working to make real progress for our country — were none too happy. Lucky for us, through the amazing power of Twitter, we can get their ? takes first-hand.
Here are 15 of the best tweets from McCarthy’s Democratic colleagues, sent during a floor speech that will be sure to go down in the history books… as one of American politics’ biggest wastes of time. (Alongside this infamous gem of course.)
It’s like he’s playing squid games and will lose if he stops talking. #Mccarthymeltdown https://t.co/pL6KSURDJ3 pic.twitter.com/pbjuzh8SdC
— Grace Meng (@Grace4NY) November 19, 2021
Which Kevin did it better?
Cc: @BBBaumgartner pic.twitter.com/gH8zVgqYm0— Rep. Mark Pocan (@repmarkpocan) November 19, 2021
Fun fact: it only has pictures in it https://t.co/eHe63K5G21
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 19, 2021
It is a feat of epic proportions to speak for four hours straight and not produce a single memorable phrase, original insight or even a joke.
McCarthy thinks he is a wit but so far he has proved he is only half right.
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) November 19, 2021
.@SpeakerPelosi made history speaking in the House for 8+ hours in support of DREAMers. (And she did it in heels!)
The GOP leader did all that to stop universal Pre-K.
It didn’t work. We’ll be voting after 8AM on #BuildBackBetter to ensure a better future for our country.
— Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (@chelliepingree) November 19, 2021
Y’all, never forget this moment next time the @GOP tries to tell you they care about working people & families. The only thing @GOPLeader cares about is wasting our time. Miss me with that.
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) November 19, 2021
I wish Kevin McCarthy loved delivering for working families as much as he loves the sound of his own voice.
— Congresswoman Lori Trahan (@RepLoriTrahan) November 19, 2021
Still here. pic.twitter.com/niGyO9eNC9
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) November 19, 2021
Kevin McCarthy has now shown more anger about making child care affordable than he has about the insurrection on January 6th. https://t.co/HNA5lyAlLv
— Mondaire Jones (@MondaireJones) November 19, 2021
Now I see that all that child care, pre-k, job training, housing assistance, and climate change stuff is just a ruse to hide our secret plan to create open borders to allow undocumented people and fentanyl to flood our country.
— Rep. Andy Levin (@RepAndyLevin) November 19, 2021
Looks like @GOPLeader is auditioning for a job that his Qanon caucus will never let him have, they will nominate Trump or Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House if they get the chance and he is just making a clown of himself for nothing.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 19, 2021
I wish I could slide @GOPLeader a note and ask if I have time to order pizza or will this #McCarthyMeltdown be ending soon?
— Nikema Williams (@NikemaWilliams) November 19, 2021
If you took the worst orator in the world
Gave him the worst speech in the world
And made him read it for the longest time in the world
That would be a lot like listening to Kevin McCarthy tonight.
Except, probably better.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) November 19, 2021
.@GOPLeader should really be considered for an Oscar after his acting job tonight.
— Congressman Tim Ryan (@RepTimRyan) November 19, 2021
Is there an English translation for @GOPLeader McCarthy Floor speech?
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 19, 2021
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