Just asked Kevin McCarthy about Rep. Andrew Clyde’s widely reported remarks comparing Jan. 6 attack to a tourist visit, and the GOP leader told me: “I don’t know what he said.” Then he sidestepped my attemps to follow up. “I don’t know, I didn’t see it.” https://t.co/Fq8UMNs5tq
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 13, 2021
Of course, this odd perceptual lacuna is common enough among Republicans, but Not-Leader McCarthy is supposed to be a step ahead of his fellows…
Also asked Kevin McCarthy about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s spat with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and he said: “I didn’t see that — I don’t know what happened.” Asked about Pelosi calling for an ethics probe, McCarthy said: “Maybe she saw it, I haven’t seen it.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 13, 2021
I’ve almost entirely ignored the ravings of post-presidency Trump, and so have colleagues at lots of major media outlets, but the lack of continued coverage of his lying about the election is certainly not because he has stopped lying about the election. https://t.co/V1Jb1wW11G
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 15, 2021
"I don’t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election," McCarthy says. Evidently he's not on the Mar-a-Lago email list. ?@sbg1? https://t.co/Npo1qDyhYs
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 13, 2021
Interestingly, it seems as though McCarthy may have been chosen as a ceremonial target:
Sure seems like Fox News Sunday/Chris Wallace knows something here.
He’s now asked Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney about a conversation between Trump and McCarthy where the two may have tried to “get their story straight” about Jan. 6 calls
Raises prospect of “witness tampering.” pic.twitter.com/2tWTes5JCO
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) May 16, 2021
Joy Reid on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s “concerns” about the new commission: “Kevin doesn't want to testify, under oath perhaps, about the reported shouting match he had with Trump while that attack was underway.”https://t.co/sRvMXCseYo
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) May 16, 2021
I, for one, look forward to further developments.
craigie
All this foreplay better lead to something more, um, climactic – some of us are getting frustrated.
Calouste
Someone should explain to TFG that McCarty thinks he isn’t anybody, or at least not somebody worth paying attention to. In other words, a nobody. Best to do that in a shrapnel-proof suit.
Soprano2
If I knew that little about my job I’d be fired.
Another Scott
Imagine a remake of Jim Carrey’s “Liar, Liar” with McCarthy and TFG and Moscow Mitch and the rest of the GQP.
Man.
Cheers,
Scott.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Another Scott: On the other hand, Kevin McCarthy could just be as dumb as a rock.
HumboldtBlue
If nothing else, here’s a Momma bear’s ordeal with four cubs. In a chipmunk Scottish accent.
Seriously.
Other MJS
<Insert Sgt. Schultz meme>
Llelldorin
It’s funny how the Republicans never seem to know anything about any statement made by any Republican including themselves. There must be a better name for a party that knows nothing like this.
Llelldorin
@?BillinGlendaleCA: That’s an option with a vast amount of supporting evidence.
?BillinGlendaleCA
Nikki, my cocker spaniel just passed away.
Steeplejack
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Yikes! That seems sudden. Sorry to hear it, Bill. Condolences.
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HumboldtBlue
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Bye, Nikki.
Love to youse.
columbusqueen
@?BillinGlendaleCA: oh, Bill, I’m so sorry. Hugs.
Anotherlurker
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I am so sorry, Bill.
HumboldtBlue
The voice.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: She’s had eating issues for the past 9 month or so, yesterday she was barfing, today she is gone. So not entirely sudden, but still very sad. Thanks for the condolences.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@HumboldtBlue: Thanks, she was a sweetheart.
@columbusqueen:
@Anotherlurker: Thanks.
opiejeanne
@HumboldtBlue:
Heh heh. That was entertainin’.
opiejeanne
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Oh no! I’m so sorry, Bill.
Sebastian
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Bill i am so sorry.
Tony Jay
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
That’s sad news. Dogs are awesome friends.
Mary G
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Oh no, Bill. I’m so sorry. What a blow so soon after you lost Conni. You and Madame must be heartbroken. I am so sorry.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@opiejeanne: Thanks, I started the year with two furry friends, now I have none.
@Sebastian: Thanks.
@Tony Jay: Thanks, sometimes I think my only friends.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Mary G: It’s almost the same timing as we lost our last pack. We lost Wendy the cocker in July 2006 and Nari the Shihzu in October.
Kathleen
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I am so sorry.
Mary G
@?BillinGlendaleCA: It’s so hard. ?
Ruckus
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
So sorry.
Jay
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I am so sorry Bill.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Kathleen:
@Ruckus:
@Jay: Thanks. I’m thinking about when we first brought her home and a few weeks later the kid visited while she was stationed in the UK. Oh a puppy!
@Mary G: This is worse than the others, she died here and her body is still in her bed. We’ll take her to the vets office this morning for cremation.
Jay
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
shit, thats hard. We love them so much, they love us unconditionally back.
and in their last hours and after, we hold them.
p.a.
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Sorry for your loss.
Amir Khalid
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I’m sorry for your loss.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@p.a.:
@Amir Khalid: Thanks.
satby
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Condolences to you and Madam. Unexpected is so hard. You gave her a life well loved, it’s their heaven on earth.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@satby: It wasn’t totally unexpected, I think both girls got a batch of bad food about 9 months ago. I’ve spent that time trying to find food that they would eat. Conni’s heart gave out. We thought we’d found something Nikki liked and were hopeful…I guess too little, too late. She had lost a lot of weight and yesterday she had some real stomach distress. Thanks for your kind thoughts.
geg6
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I am so sorry! She went in her sleep and that is a comfort, I hope. It’s so hard to lose them.
brantl
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Sorry, Bill, that really sucks. My best to you.
brantl
Somebody should do a political cartoon with hear-no-evil, see-no-evil, speak-lots-of-evil panes, with McCarthy in the foreground and Trump in the background of the first 2 panes, and right next to McCarthy in the last, yakking it up.
NotMax
@brantl
And Matt Gaetz as the sometimes depicted fourth monkey.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I’m so sorry to hear this, Bill.
ian
Kevin McCarthy, the man openly afraid enough of Republican base voters to identify them correctly as a mob when they come to his workplace with a noose and gallows, but too scared to remember who they were the next day.
Profile in courage.
debbie
Kevin McCarthy = Sergeant Schultz’s long lost brother.
SFAW
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Bill, so sorry to hear of Nikki’s passing. Whether sudden or not, it’s always hard.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@geg6: Thanks, she was a very good girl.
@brantl: Thanks, this year has been pretty much a shit sandwich without the bread.
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Thanks.
@SFAW: Thanks.
Woodrow/asim
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I am so sorry — and empathize. Had very similar, very traumatic, issues with our elder cat last Winter (as if it wasn’t already crap enough year!)
My Condolences, Bill.
Kayla Rudbek
@?BillinGlendaleCA: sorry for your loss.
Another Scott
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I’m very sorry for your loss. It’s hard. Remember the good times.
Best wishes,
Scott.
TomatoQueen
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I’m so sorry Bill
SiubhanDuinne
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Condolences, Bill, to you and Madame and the Kid on the loss of your Nikki.
Next winter, when you go out to photograph the night sky, you’ll notice that Canis Major is glowing a little brighter and Sirius has a new playmate.
a thousand flouncing lurkers was fidelio
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I’m so sorry.
cmorenc
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I understand completely – there’s a hole in my heart where my Italian Greyhound used to be until 3 weeks ago when she passed away. It’s not just the dog’s companionable presence itself that’s missed, but all the routine things you did each day taking care of it and time spent giving it attention.
EmbraceYourInnerCrone
@?BillinGlendaleCA: so sorry for your loss
J R in WV
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
So sorry to hear about your companion Nikki’s death. Always a shock.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Woodrow/asim: Thanks. So far 2021 has been worse than 2020 for us.
@Kayla Rudbek: Thanks for the kind thoughts.
@Another Scott: Thanks, Nikki loved car rides and the last one we took was to a park not far from her vet’s office. We followed much the same route taking her body to the vet this morning.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@TomatoQueen: Thanks.
@SiubhanDuinne: Two playmates, our little one passed away in February.
@cmorenc: True, I had to remind myself that I didn’t need to wake her up last night to take her out.
@J R in WV: Thanks.