FOX News: Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., beat back a challenge from dark horse candidate, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Wednesday in the race for House minority leader.
During a closed-door vote of all House Republicans, the California lawmaker took a decisive victory against Jordan, bringing in 159 votes to the Ohio representative’s 43 votes. McCarthy was initially elected to the House in 2006 and has served as the House majority leader since 2014.
McCarthy takes over as the House’s top GOP leader with the retirement of outgoing House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and at a time when Republicans will be the minority party in the lower of Congress for the first time since 2011.
Along with the election of McCarthy to the GOP leadership role, Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., was unanimously elected as minority whip. Scalise currently is the House Majority Whip and was thought to be an early contender to challenge McCarthy for the leadership role, though he opted against a run.
Paul Ryan lite
Dammit!!
I’m starting to hate Republicans.
I’m RE-starting to hate Republicans.
These guys are only there for the HUGE paycheck and a huge amount of perks not allowed to the deplorables who pay for them.
159 republicans are going to regret this vote. Jordan would have been a lot better. Jordan will still be a force to be reckoned with. McCarthy hasn’t shown me anything resembling the backbone that is going to be required for the next two years.
Well, they can’t ALL be “Trump”. But I hope a lot of them can be more Republican than Joe Manchin. LOL.
moochoman – Yeah, I think Jordan and a few others will step on a lot of toes. Hard.
He sho’ don’t look like no minority to me. More like a White cracka.
Ryan supported him. Enough said.
The GOP is a lost cause. Just too
many swamp rats among them. The new party to follow and fund is the DJT party.
McCarthy is talking tough about the border and immigration now that the GOP are going to be in the minority.
Typical swamp creature.
RINOs guaranteeing future electoral disasters and losses. MJA, you’re WAAAAAAAY too kind about McCarthy, I think, although I agree absolutely with all your other comments – and everyone else’s for that matter. I don’t believe there will be any “lite” to his Ryanism.
DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!!
WTF ?
Sucks on multiple levels in multiple dimensions.
Next call I get from the RNC or anybody asking for money is going to get an earful.
I would be enraged, but I just don’t have it in me right now.
As Tim Donner so eloquently put it, “… it’s far easier to be a powerless minority screaming dissent from the peanut gallery like children than to actually legislate like grownups in charge.”
House GOP elects another Ronnie hater to be “leader”. UNIPARTY rules!
If you live in Cal you know how progressive/liberal Kev is; if you live elsewhere take it from a Barry/Ronnie voter he makes Obama look conservative!@#!?!#$^&! UNIPARTY
OH CHIT………
…and Trey Gowdy will NOT become attorney General.
Democrats cheat like hell to win, but AT LEAST THEY FRIGGIN’ TRY. THEY ALSO STICK TOGETHER.
Of course, it’s always been easier to destroy something, than to create something good.
Show me some arrests or shut the fuck up. Even I’m starting to feel like a Q jackass held in suspense.
All I can say is we are lucky for those term limits we got back when Newt and da boys gave us that there “Contract with America”. . . oh. . . wait a minute. . .
When are they going to release who voted for whom?
You basically have two months to buy all the 2A stuff you need. We are about to get prison raped by Unibastards.
Isn’t McCarthy the one who’s about as articulate as a cantaloupe?
WTG, you GOPe.
I can’t stomach the sight of this stooge. He comes out of nowhere with zero accomplishments and rockets into leadership thanks to having his nose nuzzled up Ryan’s buttocks.
In my opinion McCarthy is only a couple turns from entering Flake and Corker territory. Hope I’m wrong.
….Old news is new news, welcome to the STUPID party!
Must be spinach dip.
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Please don’t be a rino like the others, grow some balls please
Have any of you heard his godawful rdion ads in which he claims to be for building “the wall” ASAP? We’ve been inundated by them here in MT. My guess is that they’ll stop now that he won his bid for Minority Leader. He was as opposed to the wall as his mentor Ryan was. Swamp scum the lot of them!