Thread by @mpukita

1) I'm not a fan of @GOPLeader. His condemnation of the J6 protests (and though that condemnation a betrayal of J6 protesters) as well as saying that the 2020 election was legitimate makes him unacceptable as Speaker for me.

I don't know that much about him. Time to explore.

2) Kevin McCarthy @GOPLeader seems to be a 100% career politician. I may have missed something, but it appears to me he's never held a private sector job. He's been in politics or the political ecosystem his entire adult life.

#CareerPolitician

3) While Wikipedia isn't the sentinel of truth, it's a good starting point for further research. You might want to check out McCarthy's entry:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McC…

4) I always felt President Trump put too much trust in Kevin McCarthy @GOPLeader. He cemented what I felt was squirmy, squishy behavior when he validated the legitimacy of the 2020 election. I don't trust him & don't want him to be speaker.

Do you?

theweek.com/speedreads/982…

5) IMHO he's purely a political opportunist.

6) Here he is on audio talking to a small group of @GOP leadership about January 6th. This is from January 10, 2021.

7) Here he is, the next day, talking to a larger group of House Republicans.

8) And here's Kevin McCarthy @GOPLeader talking tough about President Trump, except not to Trump's face. He's boasting how he'll ask Trump to resign, how he's pretty sure impeachment will pass both House & Senate (wrong!), and has thought about a Pence pardon.

9) Here's a recent New Yorker (gag) article on McCarthy. Please read it with the leftist bent of the New Yorker in mind, but it may give you bread crumbs to follow to better understand McCarthy, the 100% career politician.

newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

10) In '18, McCarthy was found to have a brother-in-law who oddly "benefited" from a federal program for minorities based on disputed Native American ancestry. The "benefit" was $7M+. No inappropriate dealings were ever found. Were they investigated?

latimes.com/local/californ…

11) McCarthy ran for speaker in '15. @SpeakerRyan won the spot. McCarthy ended his quest to succeed @SpeakerBoehner when one of his opponents (or nemeses) alleged he'd been in an affair with another House Member. The rumors appear to be unsubstantiated.

vox.com/platform/amp/2…

@SpeakerRyan @SpeakerBoehner 12) McCarthy has been confusing & misleading, unwilling to firmly state what he'll do to prosecute or impeach Joe Biden @POTUS, Hunter Biden, or members of the Biden administration who have committed crimes and/or impeachable offenses.

nypost.com/2022/04/11/mcc…

13) Hunter Biden?

washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/…

14) Tough on crime?

americanmilitarynews.com/2021/12/rep-mc…

15) Or soft on traitors & liars? Remember, impeachment is a political process.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

16) McCarthy seems to have a pretty tight family. But who really knows? Politicians have handlers who are great at managing apperances.

His wife Judy once worked for the California Republican Party.

thesun.co.uk/news/15973310/…

17) Politicians seem to have lots of family members on their campaign payroll, payrolls of state or national parties, and payrolls of those in the Uniparty political ecosystem. It's controversial, but they keep doing it.

insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/why-c…

18) I'm analysing McCarthy's annual financial disclosures required of House members. They interest me because they appear very uninteresting. Almost bizarrely.

It seems others have felt likewise and have done some digging. The math just doesn't add up.

alternet.org/2021/05/kevin-…

18) McCarthy's connection with @FrankLuntz came under particular scrutiny when it was discovered that McCarthy supposedly "rented a room" in Luntz's high-end penthouse apartment in DC. Even @TuckerCarlson picked up on the story.

19) McCarthy confirmed the "arrangement" once it was uncovered.

thehill.com/homenews/house…

20) If you don't know @FrankLuntz, he's a savvy political operative who "consults" with companies like ... drumroll please ... Google, Facebook, Amazon, Nike, and Woke. Oops, not "Woke". I meant Coke! 🤣

nypost.com/2021/05/11/rep…

21) So the guy (Kevin McCarthy @GOPLeader) we conservative Republicans are supposed to be happy having as our next Speaker is tight with (to the point of LIVING WITH) a high-profile lobbyist who represents the very companies that censor us, suspend us, cancel us, and despise us?