'How the hell does that even happen?' McCarthy exits Congress amid confusion over who can run to replace him

partial_accumen, 5 months ago

“This is a conservative district, so voters are going to look for somebody who is focused on representing the area the way Kevin has,” said Jim Brulte

Representing the area by quitting halfway through his term?

Viking_Hippie, 5 months ago

And of course, by “the area”, he means “whomever was willing to dole out big enough legal bribes and probably some illegal ones too”

porksoda, 5 months ago

Is this the same family that Putin pays?

PeckerBrown, 5 months ago

Elect clowns; expect a circus. With tons of elephant shit to clean up.

n0m4n, 5 months ago

McCarthy is a fund-raising machine. His sights are aimed at taking out a gang of 8 MAGA extremists.

nucleative, 5 months ago

Rage quit

BackOnMyBS, 5 months ago

he got forced out because he took the blame for the fiasco. they an example out of him.

Empricorn, 5 months ago

I mean… He also proved no one can trust his word and managed to piss off most people on both sides of the aisle.

mp3, 5 months ago

“It would be important to Kevin that succession for that seat remain in the political family,”

ahem kickbacks ahem

DigitalTraveler42, 5 months ago

Fuck that, special election time.

FlyingSquid, 5 months ago

No. Governor appointment time. A special election right now would just be a waste of money. If this was a Democrat, there wouldn’t even be a suggestion of a special election.

AngrilyEatingMuffins, 5 months ago

What does that even mean?

FlyingSquid, 5 months ago

Also, why does it matter what the guy who quit felt was important?