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Sarah Reese Jones @PoliticusSarah 10m"Kevin McCarthy spent hours on the House floor trying to force Democrats to pass Build Back Better in the dead of night, but Speaker Pelosi moved the vote." via @politicususa
Kevin McCarthy spent hours on the House floor trying to force Democrats to pass Build Back Better in the dead of night, but Speaker Pelosi moved the vote.
Kevin McCarthys poorly thought out plan was to force Democrats to vote on the bill in the dead of night so that Republicans could run on Build Back Better as something evil and hidden. Those dastardly Democrats voted to give you a tax cut and lower the price of your prescription drugs at 4 AM is the sort of ominous ad that Republicans would make based on McCarthys stall tactics.
Pelosi and the Democrats want Build Back Better to be the top news story of the day on Friday. Kevin McCarthy actually did Democrats a favor by making sure that the passage of Build Back Better will happen in front of the nation.
https://www.politicususa.com/2021/11/19/nancy-pelosi-outsmarts-kevin-mccarthy-and-will-hold-bbb-vote-on-friday.html
https://www.politicususa.com/2021/11/18/kevin-mccarthy-has-a-total-house-floor-meltdown-as-build-back-better-to-be-voted-on-tonight.html
Bev54
(10,053 posts)zuul
(14,627 posts)Bev54
(10,053 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)He started at 8:30 EST. I was watching Blazing Saddles and keep going back to see if he has collapsed yet. No such luck. He is more ludicrous than my movie. What the hell is he talking about? Lincoln?!?
orleans
(34,060 posts)Danmark
(39 posts)orleans
(34,060 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)Instead, the lede everywhere will be that the Democrats (in disarray, as usual) once again failed to pass BBB when they said they were going to, and were sidetracked by McCarthys star-making performance.
calimary
(81,322 posts)Zorro
(15,740 posts)His strategy must be to grate on the nerves of every listener so much that the Democrats give up on BBB just to get him to shut up.
JohnSJ
(92,224 posts)Takket
(21,578 posts)Doesnt take much lol
llmart
(15,540 posts)My cocker spaniel could outsmart him, and she's pretty goofy.
honest.abe
(8,678 posts)I would first like to congratulate the minority leader on spewing the greatest number of lies in one speech in the the history of the House of Representatives. We should consider erecting a statue somewhere in honor of this historic absurd event.
bigtree
(85,998 posts)honest.abe
(8,678 posts)Must be millions trying to access the live stream.
I got it live on youtube.