New House Speaker takes the gavel

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Monika Bauerlein @MonikaBauerlein 43m
...lest we move the Overton window to recast the McCarthy wing as moderates, @DavidCornDC reminds us that of the 222 current GOP House members, 53% voted against certifying the election results AFTER the Capitol was ransacked. Including the new Speaker.

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1. BREAKING: Wilted, limp, lettuce leaf elected Speaker of the House.

Link to tweet

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2. limp or whatever, the seditionists prevailed in Congress

...notwithstanding that they'll do little more than the actual rioters in that chamber, sullying the institution, and themselves in the process.

Kevin McCarthy, along with more than 140 other Republican members of Congress, voted to overturn state election results that led to Biden's victory—even after the attack by Trump's supporters against the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The House Minority Leader voted against certifying the results from Arizona and Pennsylvania.

Prior to that, McCarthy signed onto a lawsuit filed to the Supreme Court by Texas' Attorney General Ken Paxton, which also attempted to prevent Biden from taking office.

https://www.newsweek.com/kevin-mccarthy-attempts-rewrite-history-claim-he-didnt-support-overturning-bidens-win-1577195