Former Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy delivered his farewell handle on the Home flooring, commending Democrats for his or her embodiment of America’s variety whereas censuring his personal celebration. As soon as holding the Speaker’s gavel, McCarthy noticed his tenure finish abruptly in October after a historic ousting on account of his failed management.
Earlier this month, McCarthy introduced that he’s retiring from Congress on the finish of the yr.
“I have decided to depart the House at the end of this year to serve America in new ways. I know my work is only getting started,” McCarthy wrote in a Wall Street Journal.
“I will continue to recruit our country’s best and brightest to run for elected office. The Republican Party is expanding every day, and I am committed to lending my experience to support the next generation of leaders.”
The California Republican was ousted in a 216-210 vote, initiated by a movement from Rep. Matt Gaetz. This humiliating finish to his speakership made McCarthy the “shortest serving speaker since 1876,” and as famous by The Guardian, “the first speaker of the House forced out of the job in U.S. history.”
In his farewell handle, McCarthy contrasted the range of the Democrats with the homogeneity of the Republicans when he turned minority chief. He famous that the Democrats resembled America’s various material, whereas the Republicans appeared like a “restrictive country club.”
“I had got elected minority leader while another colleague from my state, Nancy Pelosi, got elected speaker. I watched the Democrats stand up, and they were very diverse. They looked like America. I watched us stand up. We had lost the majority.”
“I quote and say we look like one of the most restrictive country clubs in America. I thought at that moment I could be the leader of a declining party, or I can focus on what I know brought me to this party, conceived in liberty, dedicated the proposition that we are all equal. And I would take that message to places people didn’t think they would vote for a Republican.”
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JUST IN: @SpeakerMcCarthy says bye-bye, discloses that when he turned Speaker, the Democrats seemed like America whereas the Republicans seemed like a declining membership with the identical faces. However says he modified a few of that. What do you assume? Is the GOP not welcoming all Individuals? pic.twitter.com/5lDnEZaiNu
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) December 14, 2023
This isn’t the primary time McCarthy criticized his personal celebration. Throughout an address at Oxford University within the UK on October twenty eighth, three weeks after he was ousted as Speaker of the Home, McCarthy mentioned the identical sentiment, “When you look at the Democrats, they actually look like America. When I look at my party, we look like the most restrictive country club in America.”
Kevin McCarthy: “When you look at the Democrats, they actually look like America. When I look at my party, we look like the most restrictive country club in America.” pic.twitter.com/UFJTmTY75c
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) December 7, 2023
