Finally, after three grueling days and fifteen rounds of pugilistic infighting, we have a new Speaker of the House. Good riddance to a Seditionist, who by the way should be in the iron bar, for ripping up Trump’s “State of the Union Address”, back in 2017.

 

Will Kevin McCarthy, hand on the gavel, ruling over the RINOS, have the intestinal fortitude to smash, chop and dice the liberal elite who have busted Trump and his cohorts the past decade? As the vote played out, animosity was in full force. Holdouts, including Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, Andy Biggs, Eli Crane, Bob Love and Matt Rosendale did not cast their vote in the affirmative, all voting, present. But sometimes a Win is a Loss.

McCarthy was bruised to the point, that an ambulance was waiting in the wings. One can only put a good face on a bad situation for a limited time, until reality hits. And this is the case here. The six holdouts, plus another dozen or so, from the Freedom Caucus, were able to extract blood from the new Speaker.

To convert most of the 20 detractors who have stood in his way all week, McCarthy gave, in the words of a senior Democratic House aide, “the kitchen sink.” He agreed to appoint more members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus to the powerful House Rules Committee, which determines which bills make it to the chamber’s floor, and the Appropriations Committee. More symbolically, he also allowed a rules change that will enable just one member to be able to call for a vote to oust the Speaker of America’s House.

The above paragraph is from “TIME MAGAZINE“

In other words, to gain the power of the Speaker’s gavel, McCarthy effectively disempowered himself.

So, as we head into the New Year, the question becomes what will be done, what will be accomplished, who will be targeted? These are valid questions that need to be answered?  

We congratulate McCarthy on his Victory, but will it be Pyrrhic?