Schiff Says McCarthy 'Has No Values'

[DonViejo]

House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) told NBC News that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) “has no values.”

Said Schiff: “Kevin McCarthy stands for nothing except the perpetuation of his own position. He has no values, and in my view cares about little except for hoping to be speaker one day.”

Link to tweet

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https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/07/schiff-says-mccarthy-has-no-values/

[gratuitous]

1. "Me first and fuck you" is SO a value

It's not a very good or admirable value, it's still a value.

[PJMcK]

5. Well, the definition of value has a positive connotation

As a noun:

The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.
"Your support is of great value."

As a verb:

Consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of.
"She had come to value her privacy and independence."

Still, I think I got your joke!

[soldierant]

19. "Me first and f** you" appears mighty positive to Qevin.

[PJMcK]

20. Yeah, but Qevin is a negative

In Science, when you bring a positive force and a negative force into contact, it ain't pretty!

Fuck you, McCarthy, you worthless and spineless piece of shit.

[soldierant]

21. Also true.

[mopinko]

2. file under-

no shit sherlock.

[JDC]

3. I am so tired of being warned by Republicans about "precedence

Their "slippery slope" arguments are disingenuous at best. They have steamrolled us for years and never ever care about our position on the matter(s).

Time to let their crocodile tears flow freely while we put them on Full Ignore.

[lame54]

15. They're pissed that dems voted MTG off committees because...

They didn't think of it first.

[Laelth]

4. Whoa! That's harsh.

Completely deserved, mind you, but fierce.

-Laelth

[SoonerPride]

6. I would go further and say McCarthy had no value.

He is completely worthless.

[MissMillie]

7. Wait... I've heard this one before...

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/joseph-mccarthy-meets-his-match

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. Sadly, you could substitute almost every R's name in the House for McQarthy (Q-CA).

199 voted to leave M.T. Greene on the committees.

[Auggie]

9. Wish list: to see McCarthy's gerrymandered district redrawn

[sandensea]

10. Qevin McCarthy is a fool's Joe McCarthy

All the ambition and indecency - but none of the brains.

[SWBTATTReg]

11. The only thing he cares about is Russian money...

[NoRoadUntravelled]

12. Even though it's clear McCarthy has no values, it's good to hear someone say it out loud. nt

[usaf-vet]

13. The Democratic party should have a prepared & widely distributed list of every time 45 and McTurtle.

...pushed boundaries, ignore prior precedence, bent rules, stole a SCOTUS seat, ignored letting the next president choose a nominee for SCOTUS, and the list goes on.

I think Biden is doing the right thing by pushing forward with his (our) agenda with OR WITHOUT republican support.

The ACA would have been a far better healthcare plan if they hadn't allowed the repugs to insist on changes (which weaken) the ACA and then not a single vote from the (Rs).

The Democrats should use the list to standardize EVERYONE's response to Biden's moves forward.

Today Rubio was on a Sunday news program complaining about the number of Executive Orders Biden is signing. Trump abused that process for a photo (hey, look at me) opportunity. Signing in front of the camera, then holding it up, then adding his ridiculous smarmy grin.

Fight fire with fire. No more capitulation to the repugs to have them just walk away when the vote is called.

[Mr. Ected]

14. Schiff lives and we live in the real world

McCarthy is keenly aware of the real world, but his constituents live in a self-constructed, self-contained bubble. He acts accordingly. He knows he's a coward but his people don't know and don't care and since his choices are go with the flow or cede power he continues the charade. God knows none of these freaks are willing to walk away from it with a clear conscience because they have none.

That's our America.

[turbinetree]

16. Yep thats what he wants the wooden mallet so he can project himself as the one,

the chosen one, he should be expelled seriously, he supported the lies and the insurrection he can't hide from that

[maxsolomon]

17. I'd say that's good for the Dems at this point.

The GOP is adrift & rudderless. Before Trump, they stood for nothing but NO to all progress. Now they stand for chaos and insurrection.

As long as they flounder, they're a less effective opposition.

[SamsDrink]

18. The Only Good thing to come out of Bakersfield are Country Music singers

Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, & Dwight Yoakam; politicians, not so much.

[andym]

22. From Trump on down, political power is more important to many national pols in the GOP

than anything else. McCarthy is the new face of the GOP. Really, it's the Nixon power-hungry problem magnified out of control. How many of them even really care about issues at all? If they do, they want the power to make changes regardless of how the majority of the populace feels--the authoritarian impulse has grown in the GOP. Ironic, given their voters' supposed thirst for freedom. It's scary because American democracy probably hangs in the balance.