Kevin McCarthy just stated out loud in front of the press

[jpak]

"We are the Party of Trump"

They own him.

Make them pay in 2020.

[riversedge]

1. Oh, I intend to canvass my heart out in my area for Dems.

[DesertRat]

24. Same here!

[Firestorm49]

2. Sieg Heil !

[jpak]

8. The GOP is now officially a Cult of Personality

Trump finally got what he wants.

[CaptYossarian]

60. He will when he starts executing his political opponents.

He won't gas those children in cages because he knows a lot more "Epsteins". There's money to be made.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

23. Germany in 1934...

... when the Nazi's started outright saying Hitler was more of a king than party leader.

[DeminPennswoods]

3. A stuck pig squeals pretty much

sums up this trainwreck of a presser.

[PA Democrat]

4. So I guess it's official: that the "R" after their names now stands for

RACIST.

[Duppers]

13. I'm going to use that.

👍

[calimary]

14. So am I! The "R" stands for RACIST. NOT "republican" anymore.

And btw - FUCK YOU, McCarthy.

You’re enough of a reason to fight hard to keep the House of Reps in the BLUE column.

[mainstreetonce]

27. He should have said

We are the party of Racisttrump.

[calimary]

56. Or just start calling themselves the trumplican party.

[Botany]

5. McCarthy knows Trump is dirty and doesn't care

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/paul-ryan-keeps-it-family-kevin-mccarthy-russia-trump

In the transcript published by the Post, McCarthy speculates that the Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee’s computers and, in the process, discovered whatever opposition-research materials the Democrats had gathered on Trump.

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy said, according to Entous, a superb reporter who heard a tape recording of the colloquy. “Swear to God.”

[dalton99a]

6. +1

[malaise]

11. Ha

Posted the same thing

[shanti]

29. Because he's dirty too?

birds of a feather...

[Captain Zero]

48. McCarthy probably picks up Rohrbachers check now.

[blm]

53. No doubt

[Mc Mike]

38. Rec, thanks.

[onecaliberal]

7. K&R

[Baitball Blogger]

9. He also said he was the party of Lincoln.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Let's unmask Lincoln

Abe's been eulogized long enough.

Modern historians - some libertarians, some more conventional - continue to dig into his railroad corporate lawyer roots, land speculation for personal gain based on railroad routes, his treatment of Native Americans - "Indians" as they were known at the time.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2003/10/thomas-dilorenzo/the-republican-moneyed-elite/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/311096/six-encounters-with-lincoln-by-elizabeth-brown-pryor/9780143111238/

[Baitball Blogger]

20. Well I'll be damn.

[MarvinGardens]

30. Lew Rockwell is an anarcho-capitalist.

Your second link says nothing disparaging about Lincoln. Apparently he's unmasked as -- *gasp* -- an imperfect politician.

Based on scrupulous research that draws on hundreds of eyewitness letters, diaries, and newspaper excerpts, Six Encounters with Lincoln offers a fresh portrait of Lincoln as the beleaguered politician who was not especially popular with the people he needed to govern with, and who had to deal with the many critics, naysayers, and dilemmas he faced without always knowing the right answer. What it shows most clearly is that greatness was not simply laid on Lincoln’s shoulders like a mantle, but was won in fits and starts.

[bucolic_frolic]

31. Maybe you should actually read the book before applying your bias

The book is far more critical than this review, but publishers do trend toward the political center to sell more books.
And Republicans were aghast at the book because it opened new material to Lincoln's incompetence.

As host site, Lew Rockwell is not relevant to Lorenzo's take on Lincoln. Lorenzo is a Von Mises economist. That doesn't invalidate his perspective on Lincoln. Research is research, if documented.

[MarvinGardens]

44. You're right, I should read the book.

I'm reading Battle Cry of Freedom right now. But before I get around to that, do you think he could have done a better job under the circumstances? Kept the Union together without a big war? Or won the war more quickly?

[Captain Zero]

49. WAS

The Republicans were on the right side of history in Lincoln's day. They no longer are on the right side of history today. When they say this we need to say something like, Is your party on the right side of history WHILE YOU ARE LIVING IT? TODAY?

[jpak]

52. Lincoln is rolling in his grave

Yup

[malaise]

10. Here's said Kevin in 2016

House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/17/putin-pays-donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-recording
<snip>
In a 2016 conversation with fellow members of House leadership, the majority leader, Kevin McCarthy, suggested that Donald Trump was on Vladimir Putin’s payroll.

In an exchange first reported by the Washington Post, McCarthy said: “There’s …there’s two people, I think, Putin pays: [California Representative Dana] Rohrabacher and Trump … [laughter] … swear to God.”

[FakeNoose]

12. We all know what a tool Kevin McCarthy is

Come on Dems, let's get these useless people out of office! We know Democrats can do it better.

[PatSeg]

15. These frauds will follow anyone anywhere

They never stood for anything except furthering their own self-interests. Trump has exposed them for who they truly are and they will follow him to the pits of hell.

[Dirty Socialist]

16. Butbutbut

...America was FOUNDED on self-interest! Don't you listen to Rush Limbaugh?
Fuck enlightenment!

[PatSeg]

57. Damn

I haven't been listening to Limbaugh, so my whole view on history is probably skewed!!!

I know con-artists and grifters have always been with us, but I never imagined that so many would or could end up with so much power.

[gtar100]

18. How pathetic does one's life have to be to follow tRump.

tRump has been an opportunistic jerk his whole life and these people want to be associated with him? tRump has that special midas touch that turns everything to shit with whatever he gets involved with in. There's nothing likable or respectable about him, he's an arrogant prick and still all these republicans want to stand behind him. Speaks volumes about their own character and judgment.

[Vinca]

19. Kevin McCarthy proving once again he's the dumbest member of Congress.

He's even surpassed Louie Gohmert. That almost deserves a trophy.

[DFW]

21. Hey, wait!

I'm from Texas, and NOBODY surpasses Louie Gohmert for dumbest member of the House. NOBODY!

[Vinca]

26. LOL - I was in the next room and suddenly heard my husband erupt in laughter.

It was your post. Point taken.

[DFW]

32. After all, we have a reputation to maintain....... n/t

[DFW]

34. Show your husband this:

He'll probably appreciate this, too

[BornTooSoon]

22. McCarthy said party of Lincoln

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-condemns-house-vote-on-trumps-go-back-comments-this-is-about-politics

[Wednesdays]

41. Got a source that's not a right wing megaphone?

[marieo1]

25. Says a whole lot about the republican party!!!

Boy, that sure doesn't say much for the republican party, does it? Definitely not the party of Eisenhower!! Now they are just a bunch of lying, crooked and mean people. How sad!!

[Thekaspervote]

28. Good news!! I hope they loose more house and senate seats besides the WH

Can’t win on 40%

[mgardener]

33. My condolences.

You can't fix stupid. You must have stood up and asked for an extra big helping of it.

[Capperdan]

35. Here's his Fax number

661 637 0867

[Mr.Bill]

45. Fax him sheets of black paper and use up his ink.

[TexasTowelie]

61. Those aren't sheets of black paper,

they are sheets that are heavily redacted.

[matt819]

36. He should have just

Raised his right hand in salute and shouted Sieg Heil.

[Kablooie]

37. What's really creepy is...

That they see this as a winning play.
To be openly the party of Trump will win them more votes.

Don’t be so confident that most of America holds Trump in contempt like we do. He is adored in many states.

[jcgoldie]

51. The problem

A large majority of them are from districts so gerrymandered that censuring Trump would be much more politically dangerous for them than supporting a racist.

[dlk]

39. Trump is a Sexual Predator & a Rapist

What is Kevin McCarthy hiding?

[cp]

40. You bet he's yours

And I'll be canvassing on my old feet come 2020.

[lpbk2713]

42. And by extension ...

"We are owned by Putin."

[Grins]

43. Damned nice of him to admit it...

...37 months after everyone from Robert Kagan, George Will, Peter Weher, Charlie Sykes, Max Boot, Jennifer Rubin, to Rick Wilson, and so many more said that very thing.

[TNNurse]

46. He could have been more accurate

and said We are whores for Trump. He knows who owns us and now he can control us.

[dweller]

47. don't vote R(acist)

eom

✌🏼️

[Haggis for Breakfast]

50. "They own him"

I thought it was the other way around, Mate.

[sandensea]

54. Kevin "wish I were Joe" McCarthy is a Democrat's best friend

The man's so witless, he can't help but commit Kinsley gaffes every other day.

Would that the GOPee had 100 more like him.

[Bayard]

55. For you fellow Walking Dead fans....

This is like, We Are Negan.

[cactusfractal]

58. Wir sind die Partei von Trump

I thought it sounded familiar...

[KentuckyWoman]

59. Know it is bad when

Kevin McCarthy had no choice but tell the truth.

All they have left in the Party are the most vile fringes of hateful selfish predators. Anyone on the right with even the smallest respect for humanity jumped ship already.