“It is a feat of epic proportions to speak for … hours straight and not produce a single memorable phrase, original insight or even a joke,” Rep. Jamie Raskin tweeted
“What this is is an elaborate, extended, and painfully protracted political audition by Kevin McCarthy for Donald Trump, to show that he can be as imbecilic and authoritarian and idiotic as the rest of them, because he’s afraid he’s going to get outflanked by Jim Jordan or [Steve] Scalise or someone else,” Raskin added. “This is his audition for Donald Trump to try to be speaker, on the assumption that they’re going to win the House — which they’re not.
Once it became clear that McCarthy wasn’t stopping anytime soon, Democrats were sent home to get some rest before reconvening in the morning to vote. Rep. Jaime Raskin called him out again around the four-hour mark. “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,” he tweeted just after 1 a.m.
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.November 19, 2021 Despite McCarthy’s best efforts, Democrats are expected to vote on the historic social spending and climate change package Friday morning. The bill is likely to run into trouble in the Senate, where centrist Democrats are eyeing changes, but taken in tandem with
— and which Biden signed into law on Monday — it’s been a pretty productive few weeks for the chamber’s Democrats, despite what Kevin McCarthy has to say.
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