Rachel Maddow: Essentially Kevin McCarthy ran in fear and left Rep. Westerman to fend for himself.

[TheBlackAdder]

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Man, this really makes McCarthy look pusillanimous.

"After the House chamber was evacuated on Jan. 6, Mr. McCarthy retreated to his Capitol office with a colleague, Representative Bruce Westerman, Republican of Arkansas. When it became evident the rioters were breaking in, Mr. McCarthy's security detail insisted he leave. But Mr. Westerman was left behind in Mr. McCarthy's inner work area, he said in a recent interview," the article reported. "For protection, Mr. Westerman said he commandeered a Civil War sword from an office display, barricaded himself in Mr. McCarthy's private bathroom and waited out the siege while crouched on the toilet."

"Friends describe the postelection period as traumatic for Mr. McCarthy, who publicly perpetuated the fiction that Mr. Trump had won while privately asking him to stop," The Times reported.

Maddow chuckled after reading from the article.

"Wait, traumatic for Mr. McCarthy?" she asked. "For Kevin? I mean, he's the one who got rushed out of there because the rioters were breaking in."

Maddow explained, "He brought another member of Congress to his office with him and then it was like, 'Oh, no, Bruce, we came here to hide but the rioters, they're inside now, they are coming for us. Bye Bruce, I'll see you later, I'm out of here. There's a toilet in there, maybe good luck crouching on top of the toilet, they won't see your feet if they look under the door.'"

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https://www.rawstory.com/rachel-maddow-trump-insurrection/

Man, that McCarthy guy really is a shithead! Somebody that NO ONE can trust!

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[dflprincess]

2. Reminds me of Brave Sir Robin

And I cannot get the link to work.

[adamas]

5. Reminds me of the Red Bull Commercial

Says one impala to the other ... "I don't have to run faster than the lion, just faster than you."

[More_Cowbell]

7. Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin

[dflprincess]

12. Thank you for the link!

[TomSlick]

3. Westerman is the Rep. from my district. (I cannot bring myself to say he is "my Congressman.)

If he had gone missing, no one would have noticed for weeks.

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. It occurs to me that Kevin McCarthy is the perfect House Minority Leader for this Party

and this moment. He takes orders and does not attempt to lead. But, he is incapable of lying well....and that's a big problem for the Party Owners.

[More_Cowbell]

6. I love how she keeps calling him LEADER McCarthy

That's some story.

[More_Cowbell]

8. +1,000,000 for "pusillanimous" nt

[Hortensis]

11. Lol, same here.

[calimary]

9. Sniveling coward. And only in it for his own gain.

[Ramsey Barner]

10. Union or Confederate sword?

"For protection, Mr. Westerman said he commandeered a Civil War sword from an office display...."