McCarthy constituents furious he's been ignoring their needs as he feeds his own desire for power

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

There is growing unrest back in his district aimed at House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), with his constituents believing that he is ignoring their needs because he is too caught up in his rise to power.

While McCarthy has spent months building support for his rise to speaker, people back home feel that their pleas for help with water problems in the largely rural district are falling on deaf ears and they are having to appeal to some lawmakers in neighboring districts for help.

As has been previously reported, the California Republican spent months building support for his drive to become House speaker after Democrats lost control of the chamber in the midterms. That was followed by a week spent on 15 ballots before holdouts in his own party fell in line.

As CNN is reporting, back home in California, his district is suffering from a devastating shortage of water that has some folks complaining they have to use gas station bathrooms to take baths. And they are still waiting for help.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mccarthy-constituents-furious-he-s-been-ignoring-their-needs-as-he-feeds-his-own-desire-for-power/ar-AA16AFfh

Just another Primadonna

[Orrex]

1. "I never thought they'd eat MY face."

[Ray Bruns]

11. This reminds of a parable about a frog and scorpion crossing a river.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. hem,

[kimbutgar]

3. And his district is so stupid they would still vote to re elect McCarthy today

All those chemicals in the air in his district have poisoned the brains of the people whole live in his district.

[Wounded Bear]

13. Yep! Congress sucks, but my guy is just fine...

Thing is, it's true in my case. Not necessarily the "Congress sucks" part, but my guy is Rep Smith, D-WA. He's top notch.

Congress only really sucks when the rubes elect RW "majorities."

[onecaliberal]

19. I am in his district, he's MIA around here. Didn't even come to check out the flooding and

Damage.

[kimbutgar]

21. My condolences for you having him as a rep.

I worked with a woman who was related to him and she didn’t have anything nice to say about him. Her family was rather divided in politics.

[onecaliberal]

23. He's a piece of shit. Look at the pretzel that is this district. Redistricting only made it worse.

We went from Devin to Kevin.

[Rebl2]

28. Went from Devin Nunes

to Kevin McCarthy 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[onecaliberal]

36. Yeah. The fascist is strong here.

I found out on the Nextdoor AP in the early stages of the pandemic.

[ananda]

4. Geez, if you vote for an asshole, what do you think..

you're gonna get... a flower garden?

[onecaliberal]

26. I didn't vote for him and the people who did, love what he's doing.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Didn't his constituents know that Republicans don't do public service?

[republianmushroom]

6. And this is new to them. Where have they been for years ?

[DeeDeeNY]

15. It wasn't even close

McCarthy won 67% of the votes in November

[QED]

7. Sounds like what happened to Eric Cantor in Virginia.

1. Too much political calculation:
2. Too much ambition:
3. Disconnected:

More at link:

https://www.cnn.com/2014/06/11/politics/why-eric-cantor-lost/index.html

[cilla4progress]

8. Concur with all posts above.

At some point the voters in FL (Rubio), TX (Cruz, Abbott), OH (Vance), KY (McConnell), MT (Zinke), McCarthy's district, must have the finger pointed at THEM!

Dems and present company excepted of course!

Where is the Dem party leadership in those areas?????

[leftieNanner]

9. I would include Rand Paul in your post

With McConnell.

[cilla4progress]

16. True!

And Cornyn, Scott, yadda yadda.

These right wingers have their constituents so whipped up over cultural issues - "oh look! A trans athlete wants to compete in school sports! Another group to scapegoat and blame my shitty life on!" - that they don't even notice or hold them accountable for doing NOTHING for them!

[jaxexpat]

35. Unfortunately, the Dem. party leadership in Republican majority districts is AWOL.

Those places are like islands of forgotten exiles in seas of rabid redness. Too many years of big politics' triangulating and calculating has left them adrift. Without a plan of how to drive a wedge into the coalescent slab of Republican factlessness and cluelessness they're perpetually gulping air like fish out of water. If California has problems with "conservatism's" encroachment, imagine Missouri or Kentucky's local Democrat's plight. We're only a short ride from Illinois going Republican, you know. We saw Long Island get sucked further into the madness. That story is its own perpetuity.

The national party's platform is to "win a majority of federal government seats". At the equation's essence, that doesn't require flyover country's participation, I'm afraid. Too much criticality and thus funding lies in maintaining those in their urban core's demographic to GOTV. Plans and schemes to encourage support for what has become the "same old same old" is the party's primary concern.

Democrats are only doing as well as they are because their opponents have been so obviously and publicly flawed. Today's Democratic party shows no concerted effort to remind those isolated faithful huddled in their little enclaves of mutual assurance, feeding off their last faith, that they're the key to Democracy's existence. But they are you know. That's why we should fear Ron DeSantis like ten Covid plagues. Our base is not populous enough to stop him. Many that rejected Trump will not see such a threat in DeSantis. Anyone can fill in the blanks for Election 2024 if the status quo is all we've got.

It's going to require that every Democrat's voice be meaningful if we turn this desperately unholy tide. It's going to require an effort to respect and maintain the faith these people have shown despite their awful losses. The party needs to speak in more ways than through endless, signature-machined, pleas for donations, the people will listen.

[Cha]

10. Oh Wow.. shocking Kev is

Ignoring his JOB while Catering to the Insurrectionists!!

[Raven123]

12. Duh

[Act_of_Reparation]

14. Furious enough that they'd vote for a Democrat?

I'm thinking not.

[Justice matters.]

18. Much too brainwashed by millionaire fearmongers on cable. nt

[Disaffected]

17. Which gives mind to the old adage,

that in a democracy, people tend to get the kind of government they deserve.

[calimary]

20. I am LOVING these comments!

Could drizzle chocolate on all of them and eat ‘em up with a spoon!

[ShazzieB]

22. Silly constituents! 😉

They actually expect old Kev to show concern for their needs? Don't they know he's been way too busy doing important stuff like trying to get elected Speaker and carrying out the orders of all the people he promised to obey in return for helping him get elected Speaker?

Priorities, people, priorities!

[aggiesal]

24. You voted for him and agree with his politics, so deal with it ...

You made your bed, now sleep in it.

[GoCubsGo]

25. You knew he was a snake when you let him in.

How many times have you re-elected this asshole, an now you're upset? Bed. Made. Lie.

[Warpy]

27. Dumb bastards are getting just what they voted for

so excuse me if I seem hard hearted when I regard their wailing and gnashing of teeth.

If they didn't know by November 22 what McCarthy is, it's way too late to learn now. They were dazzled by the prospect of having the Speaker from their district. They thought the gravy train would roll right in.

Surprise, ya dumb half wits. That was never going to happen. You failed to pay attention to what that man really is. You snnozed, you've lost. Deal with it.

[ThoughtCriminal]

29. Over 2/3 of them voted for the creep

The (R) should have been the only clue they needed to know that he did not give a damn about them, but instead it was all he needed to get their vote.

[AZLD4Candidate]

30. Vote for and elect Republicans, you get Republican policies and Republican ethics

The key is for them to STOP VOTING for Republicans.

[BOSSHOG]

31. I didn't know patriotic conservatives were snowflakes.

Rugged individualists needing a huggy from Kev? Bootstraps broken? Need to start a go fund me site to buy a pair?

[TeamProg]

33. Sure you did! We all knew! You're just being kind..n/t

[TeamProg]

32. " And they are still waiting for help." A bunch of Wingnut socialists. n/t

[BOSSHOG]

34. Voted for Kev and the don

Now begging for government assistance? I didn’t know billionaires populated Kevkev’s district. Maybe a tax cut would help. Maybe if their congressman destroyed our fucking economy that would get them water. Maybe the Catholics can pray your bad day away.