BREAKING: 9 House GOPers Reject McCarthy Deal
Twitter, Jan 1, 2023, Chad Pergram
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A) 9 GOP Hse mbrs or mbrs-elect sign a letter about McCarthy’s offer to make concessions. “Regrettably, however, despite some progress achieved, Mr. McCarthy’s statement comes almost impossibly late to address continued deficiencies ahead of the opening of the 118th Congress”
B) 9 GOPers on McCarthy: “At this stage, it cannot be a surprise that expressions of vague hopes reflected in far too many of the crucial points still under debate are insufficient.”
C) 9 GOPers on McCarthy: “This is especially true with respect to Mr. McCarthy’s candidacy for speaker because the times call for radical departure from the status quo — not a continuation of past, and ongoing, Republican failures.”
D) 9 GOPers on McCarthy: “For someone with a 14-year presence in senior House Republican leadership, Mr. McCarthy bears squarely the burden to correct the dysfunction he now explicitly admits across that long tenure.”
E) 9 GOPers on McCarthy: “Thus far, there continue to be missing specific commitments with respect to virtually every component of our entreaties, and thus, no means to measure whether promises are kept or broken.”
F) 9 GOPers on McCarthy: “Mr. McCarthy’s statement also continues to propose to restrict the availability of the traditional motion to vacate the chair as a means of holding leadership accountable to its promises”
G) 9 GOPers on McCarthy: “We have from the beginning made clear that we will not accept following..Pelosi’s example by insulating leadership..We also note that the statement fails completely to address the issue of leadership working to defeat conservatives in open primaries”
H) 9 GOPers: “The progress made thus far has been helpful and should guide our thinking going forward.”
I) 9 GOPers who signed the letter: Perry, Gosar, Roy, Bishop, Harris, Clyde, & Reps-elect Luna, Ogles & Crane.
7:33 PM · Jan 1, 2023
