What if Kevin McCarthy had had a shred of integrity

[thucythucy]

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and a true belief in the democratic system?

What if, after January 6th, he not only stuck with his denunciation of Trump, but had also called for an all out investigation of any House members who were part of the planning for the riot? What if he'd called for their censure and expulsion, and followed it up with urging criminal indictments for all involved? What if he'd denounced the Big Lie and all those spreading its odious scent across the political landscape?

Might he now be Speaker?

We'll never know, because "integrity" is not and evidently never has been a word in his vocabulary.

Edited to add, this from Ms. Betty Bowers: "I’m wondering if Kevin McCarthy had just done the right things, like expel Members who gave the location of the Speaker in realtime during an insurrection or trafficked/drugged underage girls, this week would have gone a little more to his liking…"

She says it so much better than I.

[Ocelot II]

1. McCarthy's constant sucking up to TFG is a feature, not a bug,

as far as the GOPers are concerned. The MAGAt caucus doesn't like him because he didn't suck up enough. He wouldn't be Speaker now if he'd done all the things you list; he'd have lost his re-election and been drummed out of the GOP.

[Samrob]

2. What if ANY GOPer ha a shred of integrity? ny

[agingdem]

3. no integrity, no shame, no remorse, no self-respect ...

pathetic human pretzel Kevin McCarthy bet the House on a the power of an exiled orange Hitler wannabe, a malignant buffoon...and he lost...

[ThoughtCriminal]

4. He might not be in the House

He would have been primaried by some Trump loyalist and lost.

But that would have been less humiliating than this. Just ask Liz Cheney.

[Jim__]

5. He wouldn't be Kevin McCarthy.

[Bev54]

6. Yes because if he did, he would have gotten rid of the extremists and kept

the moderates in the house. Instead he played to these assholes and he is now reaping the reward.

[Irish_Dem]

7. No. He would have been kicked out of the party.

The GOP is a crime syndicate. Only criminals need apply.