And “bring it on,” they did, with a vote of 216 - 210, ending Kevin McCarthy's speakership. The speaker in name only lasted in his position for a mere 269 days.
I've had a lot to say about McCarthy since I started The Warning, including:
This past Saturday, I had this to say:
Kevin McCarthy is the living embodiment of the warning that John Kennedy issued in his inaugural address: beware of the men who seek power by trying to ride the back of the tiger, for they will wind up inside the tiger.
This was captured in the commentary below:
So long, Kevin.
“Hey Kevin, karma is a bitch!” - Liz Cheney
Anyone else wondering if the movers were there to move him out of the speaker’s suite of offices, as quick as they were to
Move him in after the 15th vote