And by Freedom Caucus, he actually means “Republican extremism going back to the 90s”. Because the Freedom Caucus is just an extension of Project Redmap in 2010, which was an extension of the Tea Party, which was an extension of the Tom Delay era, which was an extension of the Newt Gingrich era.
If only a speaker from the republican party could have stopped this from happening….
What’s that saying about broken clocks?
Peak LAMF right thar.
BS. Work with Dems on bipartisan legislation and ignore the fringe. That’s how you govern, jackass.
This is factually incorrect.
McCarthy was the speaker and could have tried, I dunno… Bipartisan solutions? But he didn’t.
If he had tried working across the aisle maybe, just maybe, enough Dems may have saved his butt.
But too little too late and in a sleazy way.
Don’t forget his last minute kick the can government spending extension that cost him his job was dropped on dems in the 11th hour before a shut down and he expected the Dems to knee jerk reject the plan the way GOP would have if the roles were reversed. But Dems were smarter, slowed the process down to give members a chance to read the bill and figure out it was pretty decent. McCarthy outsmarted himself and he only had himself to blame. The fact he couldn’t even fathom the possibility of bipartisanship is why his leadership has nothing to show for itself.
“And I gave them the power to do so!”
I’m not sure what McCarthy expected. The Freedom Caucus, counter to it’s name, does not negotiate they pound the table, make demands, and then walk out of the room should their demands not be met exactly as they made them. Until Republicans reckon with the Freedom Caucus; Republicans will not be able to govern.
When you get in bed with fleas, well. . . It’s just that it’s totally dysfunctional to run critical government functions in this manner. It’s a failed model. There are better, more constructive alternatives.
The party of “government doesn’t work, elect me and I’ll prove it” can’t govern?
*shocked Pikachu face*
That is assuming the GOP could ever rule at all.
Paul Ryan, John Boehner….
It’s almost like the only Speaker of the House able to get shit done in the past twenty years was Nancy Pelosi.
Republicans have stopped Republicans from governing.
Oopsies.
Stopped republicans from being able to govern **alone, without input or compromise.**
Such a shame that giving power to the loonies didn’t work the way they hoped. Who would have thought?
They weren’t doing a good job of it before then either.
What’s the joke? Republicans campaign on a platform that says that the government doesn’t work, and when elected, they try and prove it?
“These knuckleheads have crossed the line into chucklefuckery!”
Piss off, Kevin. You say this because your own bullshit became inconvenient and uncomfortable for *you.*
Notorious coward wonders why every one is a coward
It all started when they embraced Trump. Well, you reap what you sow.
So… Republicans have prevented themselves from governing. Yeah, we noticed.
Surely there’s an old-timey saying for when obstructionists are obstructed by their own obstructionism, right? Something like: “a team is as slow as its stubbornest mule” or “a fat can’t won’t catch any mice” or “get fucked, Kev.”
I’ll do you one better. The Freedom Caucus has no interest in governing or having anyone be able to govern. That’s their whole point.
Hey Kevin who enabled these children to have this much power?
It reminds me of that drug commercial where the dad finds the kid doing drugs and asks him why, and the kid yells out, “I learned it from watching you.” Same here, Newt made the policy of no compromise with Democrats. McConnell continued it. And now the so called fringe in their own party has figured out they can employ it from within and hold everyone hostage.
The solution is easy. Start finding compromise with the Democrats again, but they won’t do this.
Edit: and I see reading other comments, this one is hardly even original. It’s so obvious what is happening but these so called Republican moderates are just fine with the chaos. They only complain because they want to give the illusion to those in purple states that there are reasonable Republicans. There aren’t. Vote them all out.
Republicans have stopped Republicans from being able to govern.
What would they like? The Big Bad Evil Dems to kick open the door and clean house for them? Someone else should come by and clean up their mess?
How about this: if you cannot manage your own party, you are not capable of managing a nation.
Kevin… You… are… a… p***y.
Elect clowns, expect a circus.
Yes we know
It’s your fault
GOP has been the party of No since Obama got elected and the Tea Party showed up. The freedom caucus is just the further, inevitable de-evolution of the party. And Kevin was part of the problem for years, including enabling the lunatics in his party so he could play at being speaker.
Republicans haven’t governed since the second bush administration. Thats not what they do anymore.
“what are you going to do, shoot me?”
— man who was shot
There are already people selling this as a positive. The least productive Congress in history is a good thing because in their minds any government action is bad. This is the result of the poison Ronald Reagan filled the well with.
That’s literally the entire point of their existence. They were voted in by anti-democratic, fascism-embracing radicals whose sole goal is dismantling the bureaucratic state, along with any level of law enforcement above them that could hold them accountable for their actions.
The only way that the GOP’s claim of “big government doesn’t work” is when they intentionally disrupt, delay, refuse to bring bills to debate, and use taxpayer funds on useless investigations and impeachment inquiries as a hail mary ploy to garner sympathy with their rabid base. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy, as the only ones who say “See? The government DOESN’T work!” is because they are the ones not doing any work in the government, and now the paradox that is being a Republican in 2024 has come full circle and it’s hurting their ability to be elected by moderates.
Republicans refuse to govern if they aren’t in complete control. They’ve been doing this since Gingrich in the 90s. Heads they win, tails you lose, their presidents should have complete unitary executive dictatorial powers but the democratic ones should have no powers. When the scotus was democratic they loved Chevron defenses but now that they control it they hate chevron. And if you disagree with their positions fine they’ll just destroy the economy by defaulting on the debt.
Elect clowns, get a circus.
>Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) accused the House Freedom Caucus of preventing the Republican majority from governing.
This is literally the stated intention Freedom Caucus members campaign on. Kevin McCarthy isn’t saying anything that everyone doesn’t already know.
What Republicans worried about governance and the state of the party need to do is convince their base that the govt isn’t the enemy and democracy is worth protecting.
Did they really govern to begin with though? Because let’s be real they haven’t governed.
And here I thought it was the republican’s bullshit agenda of “no matter what Biden wants, no matter how wonderful it is, no matter how it benefits American citizens or the rest of the world –
JUST SAY NO.
Wow they are becoming self aware right in time for the next election…embarrassing
They didn’t govern in the first place so how is this “news”?
Remember **years ago** during the Obama years when McConnell specifically claimed himself, proudly at that, to be the grim reaper of the House? As in, HE is where pretty much every single bill goes to die?
This isn’t new.
Newt Gingrich stopped Republicans from being able to govern. His former acolyte Moscow Mitch turned the Senate into another black hole for legislation.
The republicans haven’t governed in decades my guy
You know who stopped Republicans from being able to govern? Republicans.
The scary part is. 80% of the population are clueless to what these boobs are doing. Either by apathy or willful ignorance. We have infinite means of reaching people but still lack the direction on how to effectively lampshade this nonsense so its undeniably clear.
Bullshit. Republicans’ unwillingness to work with Democrats to pass needed legislation has stopped Republicans from being able to govern.
That implies they were capable of governing at some point. To my recollection, such a thing has never occurred.
They weren’t gonna govern anyways. The freedom caucus may be annoying, but that’s not the reason they won’t govern.
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“I learned it from you.”
And by Freedom Caucus, he actually means “Republican extremism going back to the 90s”. Because the Freedom Caucus is just an extension of Project Redmap in 2010, which was an extension of the Tea Party, which was an extension of the Tom Delay era, which was an extension of the Newt Gingrich era.
If only a speaker from the republican party could have stopped this from happening….
What’s that saying about broken clocks?
Peak LAMF right thar.
BS. Work with Dems on bipartisan legislation and ignore the fringe. That’s how you govern, jackass.
This is factually incorrect.
McCarthy was the speaker and could have tried, I dunno… Bipartisan solutions? But he didn’t.
If he had tried working across the aisle maybe, just maybe, enough Dems may have saved his butt.
But too little too late and in a sleazy way.
Don’t forget his last minute kick the can government spending extension that cost him his job was dropped on dems in the 11th hour before a shut down and he expected the Dems to knee jerk reject the plan the way GOP would have if the roles were reversed. But Dems were smarter, slowed the process down to give members a chance to read the bill and figure out it was pretty decent. McCarthy outsmarted himself and he only had himself to blame. The fact he couldn’t even fathom the possibility of bipartisanship is why his leadership has nothing to show for itself.
“And I gave them the power to do so!”
I’m not sure what McCarthy expected. The Freedom Caucus, counter to it’s name, does not negotiate they pound the table, make demands, and then walk out of the room should their demands not be met exactly as they made them. Until Republicans reckon with the Freedom Caucus; Republicans will not be able to govern.
When you get in bed with fleas, well. . . It’s just that it’s totally dysfunctional to run critical government functions in this manner. It’s a failed model. There are better, more constructive alternatives.
The party of “government doesn’t work, elect me and I’ll prove it” can’t govern?
*shocked Pikachu face*
That is assuming the GOP could ever rule at all.
Paul Ryan, John Boehner….
It’s almost like the only Speaker of the House able to get shit done in the past twenty years was Nancy Pelosi.
Republicans have stopped Republicans from governing.
Oopsies.
Stopped republicans from being able to govern **alone, without input or compromise.**
Such a shame that giving power to the loonies didn’t work the way they hoped. Who would have thought?
They weren’t doing a good job of it before then either.
What’s the joke? Republicans campaign on a platform that says that the government doesn’t work, and when elected, they try and prove it?
“These knuckleheads have crossed the line into chucklefuckery!”
Piss off, Kevin. You say this because your own bullshit became inconvenient and uncomfortable for *you.*
Notorious coward wonders why every one is a coward
It all started when they embraced Trump. Well, you reap what you sow.
So… Republicans have prevented themselves from governing. Yeah, we noticed.
Surely there’s an old-timey saying for when obstructionists are obstructed by their own obstructionism, right? Something like: “a team is as slow as its stubbornest mule” or “a fat can’t won’t catch any mice” or “get fucked, Kev.”
I’ll do you one better. The Freedom Caucus has no interest in governing or having anyone be able to govern. That’s their whole point.
Hey Kevin who enabled these children to have this much power?
It reminds me of that drug commercial where the dad finds the kid doing drugs and asks him why, and the kid yells out, “I learned it from watching you.” Same here, Newt made the policy of no compromise with Democrats. McConnell continued it. And now the so called fringe in their own party has figured out they can employ it from within and hold everyone hostage.
The solution is easy. Start finding compromise with the Democrats again, but they won’t do this.
Edit: and I see reading other comments, this one is hardly even original. It’s so obvious what is happening but these so called Republican moderates are just fine with the chaos. They only complain because they want to give the illusion to those in purple states that there are reasonable Republicans. There aren’t. Vote them all out.
Republicans have stopped Republicans from being able to govern.
What would they like? The Big Bad Evil Dems to kick open the door and clean house for them? Someone else should come by and clean up their mess?
How about this: if you cannot manage your own party, you are not capable of managing a nation.
Kevin… You… are… a… p***y.
Elect clowns, expect a circus.
Yes we know
It’s your fault
GOP has been the party of No since Obama got elected and the Tea Party showed up. The freedom caucus is just the further, inevitable de-evolution of the party. And Kevin was part of the problem for years, including enabling the lunatics in his party so he could play at being speaker.
Republicans haven’t governed since the second bush administration. Thats not what they do anymore.
“what are you going to do, shoot me?”
— man who was shot
There are already people selling this as a positive. The least productive Congress in history is a good thing because in their minds any government action is bad. This is the result of the poison Ronald Reagan filled the well with.
That’s literally the entire point of their existence. They were voted in by anti-democratic, fascism-embracing radicals whose sole goal is dismantling the bureaucratic state, along with any level of law enforcement above them that could hold them accountable for their actions.
The only way that the GOP’s claim of “big government doesn’t work” is when they intentionally disrupt, delay, refuse to bring bills to debate, and use taxpayer funds on useless investigations and impeachment inquiries as a hail mary ploy to garner sympathy with their rabid base. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy, as the only ones who say “See? The government DOESN’T work!” is because they are the ones not doing any work in the government, and now the paradox that is being a Republican in 2024 has come full circle and it’s hurting their ability to be elected by moderates.
Republicans refuse to govern if they aren’t in complete control. They’ve been doing this since Gingrich in the 90s. Heads they win, tails you lose, their presidents should have complete unitary executive dictatorial powers but the democratic ones should have no powers. When the scotus was democratic they loved Chevron defenses but now that they control it they hate chevron. And if you disagree with their positions fine they’ll just destroy the economy by defaulting on the debt.
Elect clowns, get a circus.
>Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) accused the House Freedom Caucus of preventing the Republican majority from governing.
This is literally the stated intention Freedom Caucus members campaign on. Kevin McCarthy isn’t saying anything that everyone doesn’t already know.
What Republicans worried about governance and the state of the party need to do is convince their base that the govt isn’t the enemy and democracy is worth protecting.
Did they really govern to begin with though? Because let’s be real they haven’t governed.
And here I thought it was the republican’s bullshit agenda of “no matter what Biden wants, no matter how wonderful it is, no matter how it benefits American citizens or the rest of the world –
JUST SAY NO.
Wow they are becoming self aware right in time for the next election…embarrassing
They didn’t govern in the first place so how is this “news”?
Remember **years ago** during the Obama years when McConnell specifically claimed himself, proudly at that, to be the grim reaper of the House? As in, HE is where pretty much every single bill goes to die?
This isn’t new.
Newt Gingrich stopped Republicans from being able to govern. His former acolyte Moscow Mitch turned the Senate into another black hole for legislation.
The republicans haven’t governed in decades my guy
You know who stopped Republicans from being able to govern? Republicans.
The scary part is. 80% of the population are clueless to what these boobs are doing. Either by apathy or willful ignorance. We have infinite means of reaching people but still lack the direction on how to effectively lampshade this nonsense so its undeniably clear.
Bullshit. Republicans’ unwillingness to work with Democrats to pass needed legislation has stopped Republicans from being able to govern.
That implies they were capable of governing at some point. To my recollection, such a thing has never occurred.
They weren’t gonna govern anyways. The freedom caucus may be annoying, but that’s not the reason they won’t govern.