NEWS: Hoyer tells @pkcapitol and me that there will be NO vote tonight. House will come back at 8am
“He wants to do it in the dead of night,” Hoyer says of McCarthy. “We are going to do it in the day.”
He also says he only knows of one Dem defection – Jared Golden.— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 19, 2021
You can probably still find a livestream, if you’re curious:
A divided House is moving toward passage of Democrats’ expansive social and environment bill, which would bolster child care assistance, create free preschool, curb seniors’ prescription drug costs and combat climate change. https://t.co/dtU8nS6lNN
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2021
But *first*… the Kevin McCarthy Foolabuster!
Now: 20 minutes of debate before a final vote. That’s 20 minutes in House Standard Time (HST), which includes “magic minutes” where party leaders get unlimited time to speak.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 19, 2021
… To the tune of ‘This Magic Moment’:
McCarthy tells Pelosi “I’m just getting geared up” as he continues to block Universal Pre-K, Child Tax Credit, Affordable Housing, a cap on insulin prices…. pic.twitter.com/5kcPO0cGQR
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 19, 2021
If you took the worst orator in the world
Gave him the worst speech in the world
And made him read it for the longest time in the world
That would be a lot like listening to Kevin McCarthy tonight.
Except, probably better.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) November 19, 2021
If only Kevin McCarthy cared as much about helping people as he did about auditioning to speak at a Trump rally
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 19, 2021
Asked a GOP aide for some analysis on McCarthy’s speech and this is what they replied: pic.twitter.com/8Z4elNvmn4
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) November 19, 2021
This is approaching one of the weirdest speeches any relatively high ranking member of any party has given on the floor of either house, and I say that with a full understanding of the zany and bizarre shit that has occurred in both institutions https://t.co/KhwJOOUEI3
— Mike Black (@MikeBlack114) November 19, 2021
Thing about McCarthy, I get the sense that most of the press, even those who treat McConnell like he’s a brilliant wizard, think he’s a buffoon. Dems are smart to use that. https://t.co/ThrmAAvCvu
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 19, 2021
— Mari Manoogian (@MariManoogian) November 19, 2021
He definitely got that right at least
— Paul Thompson *** Resist Fascism *** (@thompson_resist) November 19, 2021
McCarthy is probably trying to beat Pelosi’s record 8 hour floor speech, in support of DACA. He probably won’t make it. But even if he does, remember, he’s 56 & she was 78.
And she did it in heels.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 19, 2021
The NYTimes says he set his desired record by the time he shut up ‘shortly after 5am’. If he can get the Guinness people to certify it, that will at least give him a nice plaque to hang in his office, which will probably be the most tangible record of the night’s event.
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